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PROVERBS, MAXIMS, MD MOTTOS, 



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GREEK QUOTATIONS. 



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PREFACE. 



JOHN CHILDS AND SON, PRINTERS 



A Dictionary of Latin Quotations more copious, cor- 
rect, and complete than any hitherto published had long 
been a cherished idea of the publisher, and awaited only 
time and circumstance for its development. Finding 
in the present editor a gentleman well qualified both by 
reading and industry to carry out his views, he placed 
the materials in his hands, and these with large addi- 
tions, the fruit of further researches, are now laid before 
the reader. 

The present collection diflfers from its predecessors in 
being limited exclusively to Latin and Greek quotations, 
the publisher intending, at a later period, to give French, 
Italian, Spanish, and German, in a separate volume. 
This arrangement has enabled him to nearly quadruple 
the number of Latin quotations given heretofore, and to 
extend the number of Greek from about twenty to up- 
wards of five hundred ; amounting in all to an aggre- 
gate of more than eight thousand. 



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PEEFACE. 



PRErACE. 



The translations are throughout either new or care- 
fully revised, and as literal as is consistent with neatness 
and point. It would have been easy to make many 
of them more epigrammatic, but it was thought better to 
leave this to the reader's own taste. 

Authorities are adjoined wherever it has been found 
possible to discover them, and in a vast many instances 
they appear for the first time in a Dictionary of Quota- 
tions. 

Many of the nonsensical commentaries have been dis- 
pensed wivh, as in almost every instance, where the 
translation is correct, the quotation is more intelligible 
without them. Our only fear is that we have adopted 
too many. 

One new, and it is hoped valuable, feature in the pre- 
sent volume, is the marking of the metrical quantities, 
which has been done in all cases where their absence 
might lead to mispronunciation. A quotation, however 
appropriate, would entirely lose its efiect with those 
who are best able to appreciate its force, if blemished by 
false delivery. It has been thought unnecessary to 
mark the final e, because, as the classical reader will 
know, it is never silent. 

The publisher claims little merit for himself in what 
concerns this volume, save the plan and a diligent 
reading of the proofs ; but he thinks it right to avow 
the assistance of his eldest son, William Simpkin Bohn, 



who has been a useful coadjutor throughout, particularly 
in the Greek portion. The printer, too, richly deserves 
his meed of praise for watchfulness and scholarship. 

It remains only to speak of previous collections of 
the same character. The first and principal is Macdon- 
nel's, originally published in 1796, and repeatedly 
reprinted, with gradual improvements, up to a ninth 
edition in 1826. This is the work of a scholar, and 
praiseworthy as a first attempt, but much too imperfect 
to satisfy the wants of the present day. The next was 
Moore's, which, though as recent as 1831, is little more 
than an amplification of MacdonneFs, avoiding as much 
as possible, for copyright considerations, the very words 
of his translations, but seldom improving them. 

The Dictionary of Quotations which passes under 
the name of Blagdon (we say this advisedly, as the work 
was posthumous) difiers so entirely from the plan of 
the present, as scarcely to be cited as a precursor. It 
is arranged imder English ' common-places,' which are 
illustrated by lengthy quotations from a few of the 
Greek and Latin poets, each accompanied by metrical 
versions selected chiefly from Pope, Dryden, Francis, 
and Creech. It is a small volume of limited contents, 
but executed up to its pretensions. 

After thus much had been written, and on the very 
eve of publication, we are unexpectedly greeted with a 
small " Manual of Quotations," by Mr. Michelsen, 308 



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pages, published at 6s. The basis of this work is Macdon- 
nel's, which is incorporated almost verbatim from an early 
edition, the editor adding some little from other sources. 
It can in no way interfere with the present volume, and 
we rather hail it as showing that there must have been 
an evident want of what we have undertaken to supply. 

H. G. B. 

York Street^ Covent Garden, 
April 18, 1856. 



DICTIONARY 



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LATIN QUOTATIONS, PROVERBS, AND PHRASES. 



A hove majori discit a/rdre minor. Prov. — " The young ox 
learns to plough from the older." See I^e sus, &c. 

A capite ad calcem. — " From head to heel." From top to toe. 

A fonte puro pura defluit aqyui. Prov. — " From a clear 
spring clear water flows." A man is generally estimated 
by the company he keeps, as his habits are probably 
similar to those of his companions. 

A fortiori. — " From stronger reasoning." With much greater 
probabihty. If a pound of gunpowder can blow up a 
house, a fortiori a hundredweight must be able to do it. 

A fronte prcecipitium, a tergo Itipus. — " A precipice before, a 
wolf behind.". Said of a person between the horns of a 
dilemma. 

A latere. — "From the side." A legate a latere is a pope's 
envoy, so called because sent from his side, from among 
*his counsellors. 

A mensd et tore. — " From table and bed," or, as we say, 
" from bed and board." A sentence of separation of man 
and wife, issuing from the ecclesiastical courts, on account 
of acts of adultery which have been substantiated against 
either party. It is not of so decisive a nature as the di- 
vorce A vinculo matrimonii ; which see. 

A posteriori. See A priori. 

A priori; a posteriori. — "From the former; from the lat- 



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2 A— AB. 

ter." "Phrases used in logical argument, to denote a 
reference to its different modes. The schoolmen distin- 
guished them into the ^propter quod^ wherein an effect is 
proved from the next cause, as, when it is proved that the 
moon is eclipsed, because the earth is then between the 
sun and the moon. The second is, the quia, wherein the 
cause is proved from a remote effect ; as, that plants do 
not breathe, because they are not animals ; or, that there is 
a God, from the works of the creation. The former argu- 
ment is called demonstration a priori ; the latter, demon- 
straticm a posteriori.'' ' 

A re decedunt. — " They wander from the point." 

A tenerii mfjuiculis. Cic— " From your tender little nails.*' 
rrQm juur very earliest boyhood. See Sed prcesta, &c.f 
and Amores de, &c. 

A verbis legis non est recedendum. Coke. — " There must be 
no departure from the words of the law." The judge 
must not give to a statute a forced interpretation con- 
trary to the reasonable meaning of the words. 

A vinculo matrimonii. — "From the bonds of matrimony." 
See A mensd, &c. 

Ah actu ad posse valet illdtio. — " From what has happened 
we may infer what will happen." 

Ah alio spectes alteri quod fec^ris. Stb. — "As you do to 
another, expect another to do to you." 

Ah amicis honesta petdmus. Cic. — " We must ask what is 
proper from our friends." 

Ah honesto virum honum nihil deterret. Sen. — " Nothing de- 
ters a good man from the performance of his duties." 

Ah inconvenienti. — " From the inconvenience." The Argu- 
mentum ah inconvenienti, is an argument to show that a 
proposition will be unlikely to meet the expected end, 
and will therefore be inexpedient. 

Ah initio. — " From the beginning." 

Ah avo usque ad mala. Hoe. — " From the egg to the apples." 
From the commencement to the end ; eggs being the 
first, and apples the last, dish served at the Eoman en- 
tertainments. 

Ah Urhe conditd, more usually denoted in the Latin writers 
by the initials a. it. c, signifies, "from the building of the 
city" of Rome, b. o. 753. 



ABE— ABS. 8 

Ahhmt stuSia in mores. Ottd. — " Pursuits become habits." 
Use is second nature. 

Ahi in pace. — "Depart in peace." 

Abiit nemine salutdio. — "He went away without bidding 
any one farewell." 

Ahite nummi, ego vos mergam, ne msrgar a vohis. — "Away 
with you, money, I will sink you, that I may not be sunk 
by you." 

AbitHru^s illuc quo priores ahierunt, 

Quid mente ccecd miserum torques spiritum ? 

Tihi dico, avdre Ph2ED. 

— "As you must go to that place to which others have 
gone before, why in the blindness of your mind do you 
torment your wretched existence ? To you I address my- 
self, miser." 

Ahnormis sapiens. Hoe. — " "Wise without instruction." Na- 
turally gifted with a sound understanding. 

Ahracadahra. — A cabalistic word, the name of a deity form- 
erly worshipped by the Syrians. The letters of his name, 
written on paper, in the form of an inverted triangle, 
were recommended as an antidote against various diseases. 

Ahsens hcsres non erit. Prov. — " He who is at a distance 
will not be the heir." " Out of sight out of mind." 

Ahsentem Icedit cum ehrio qui lltlgat. Sye. — " He who dis- 
putes with a drunken man, offends one who is absent." 
The senses of a drunken man may be considered as absent. 

Ahsentem qui rodit amicum, 

Qui non defendit alio culpante ; solutos 
Qui capiat risus liominum, famamque dicdcis ; 
Fmgere qui non visa potest, commissa tacere 
Qui nequit, hie niger est, hunc tu, Homdne, caveto. Hoe. 
— " He who backbites an absent friend, who does not de- 
fend him when another censures him, who affects to raise 
loud laughs in company and the reputation of a funny 
fellow, who can feign things he never saw, who cannot 
keep secrets, he is a dangerous man ; against him, Boman, 
be on your guard." 

Ahsque argento omnia vana. — "Without money all is in 



vain 



Ahsque hoc, &c. Law term. — " Without this," «fcc. The 
technical words of exception used in pleading a traverse. 

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4 ABS— ACC. 

Absque sudore et Idbore nullum opus perfectum est. — " With- 
out sweat and toil no work is made perfect." Without 
exertion and diligence success is rarely attained. 

Absque tali causd. Law Term. — " Without such cause.'* 

Abstineto afabis. — "Abstain from beans." An admonition 
of Pjrthagoras. Equivalent to saying, " Have nothing to 
do vrith elections." The Athenians, at the election of 
their public magistrates, balloted with beans. It is also 
worthy of remark that the Pythagoreans had a super- 
stitious belief that the souls oi the dead were harboured 
in the centre of the bean. 

Absurdum est ut altos regat, qui seipstim reqere nescit. Law 
Maxim. — " It is absurd that he should govern others, 
who knows not how to govern himself." Quoted by Babe- 
lais, B. i. c. 62. 

Abundans cautela non nocet. Coke. — " Excess of precaution 
can do no harm." 

Abundat dulclbus vitiis. QuTNT. — "He abounds with al- 
luring faults." Said in allusion to an author the very 
faults of whose style are fascinating. 

Ac veluti magno in populo cum scepe coorta est 
Seditio ; scevitque animis ignobile vulguSy 
Jamque faces et saxa volant^ furor arma ministrat. ViRQ. 
— " And as when a sedition has arisen amongst a mighty 
multitude, as often happens, and the minds of the ignoble 
vulgar are excited ; now stones, now firebrands fly ; fury 
supplies arms." 

Accedas ad curiam. Law Term. — " Tou may come to the 
court." A writ issued out of Chancery when a man had 
received false judgment in a hundred court or court baron, 
was so called. 

Accede ad ignem Jiunc, jam calesces plus satis. Tee. — " Ap- 
proach this fire, and you will soon be too warm." Said m 
allusion to the seductive beauty of the courtesan Thais. 

Accensd dome proxmi, tua quoque periclitdtur. Prov.- — 
" When the house of your neighbour is in flames, your 
own is in danger." See JProximus ardet, &c. 

'-^-—Acceptissima semper 

Munera sunt, auctor qu<s pretiosafacit. Ottd. 

" Those gifts are always the most acceptable which our 

love for the donor makes precious." 



ACC— ACE. 5 

Accidit in puncto, et toto contingit in anno. — "It happens 
in an instant, and occurs throughout the whole year." 
Said in reference to those occurrences which are ruled by 
the uniform laws of nature. 

Accidit in puncto, quod non contingit in anno. — " That may 
happen in a moment, which does not occur in a whole 
year." 

Accipe nunc J victus tenuis quid quantdque secum 

Afferat. In primis valeas bene HoE. 

— " Now learn what and how great benefits a temperate 
diet will bring along with it. In the first place, you will 
enjoy good health." 
-Accipe, si viSy 



Accfpiam tabulas ; detur nobis locus, hora, 

Custodes : videdmus uter plus scribere possit. Hoe. 

— " Take, if you like, your tablets, I will take mine : let 

there be a place, a time, and persons appointed to see 

fair play ; let us see who can write the most." 

Accipe, suTne, cape, sunt verba placentia popes. — " Take, have, 
and keep, are pleasant words from a pope." A mediaeval 
saying. It may also be translated, " to a pope." 

Acclpere qurnn facer e prcestat injuriam. Cic. — "It is better 
to receive than to do an injury." 

Accipio revocdmen Ovid. — " I accept the recall." 

Acclinis falsis animus meliora recusat. Hoe. — " The mind 
intent upon false appearances refuses to admit better 
things." 

Accusdre nemo se debet nisi coram Deo. Law Maxim. — 
" No man is bound to accuse himself except before God." 
It is a maxim of our law, that no man can be forced to 
become his own accuser. 

Acer et vehemens bonus orator. Cic. — " A good orator is 
pointed and forcible." 

Acerrma proximdrum odia. Tacit. — " The hatred of those 
most nearly connected is the bitterest of all." 

Acerrimus ex omnibus nostris sensibus est sensu^s videndi. Cic. 
— '" The keenest of all our senses is the sense of sight." 

Acribus initiis, incuriosofine. Tacit. — " Zealous at the com- 
mencement, careless towards the conclusion." Said of 
those who commence an undertaking with more zeal than 
perseverance or discretion. 



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ACE— AD. 



Acriora orexim excitant emhammata. Colum. — " Savoury 
seasonings stimulate the appetite." 

Acta exteriora indicant interiora seer eta. Coke. — " The out- 
ward conduct indicates the secrets of the heart." 

Actio personalis moritur cum persond. Law Maxim. " A 

personal action dies with the person." 

Actum est de repuhlicd. — "It is all over with the republic." 
The constitution is overthrown. 

Actum ne agas. Cic— " What has been done do not over 
again." 

Actus Dei nemini facit injuriam. Law Maxim. — " The act 
of God does wrong to no man." The word injury is 
here used in its primary sense. God, who is the author of 
justice, cannot do that which is unjust. 

Actus legis mdli facit injuriam. Law Maxim. — " The act of 
the law does wrong to no man." 

Actus^ me invito factus, non est meus actus. Law Maxim. 
—"An act done by me against my will, is not my act " 
According to the principles of law, acts done under du- 
ress are void. 

Actus non facit reum, nisi mens sit rea. Law Maxim.— 
;* The act does not make the crime, unless the intention 
IS cnminal." The law requires that evil intention, or 
malice prepense, should be reasonably proved against'the 
person accused, before he can be pronounced guilty. 

Acumin metdfoeni quwrere.—'' To seek a needle in a bundle 
of hay." A mediaeval saying. 

Ad calamitdtem qutlihet rumor valet. Ste.— « Every rumour 
IS believed when directed against the unfortunate " To 
the same purpose as the English proverb, " Give a doe a 
bad name and hang him." 

Ad Calendas GrcBcas.—'' M the Greek Calends." As the 

Greeks, in their division of the months, had no calends 

(which were used by the Eomans only,) this phrase was 

used in reference to a thing that could never take place. 

lo-morrow come never, " as we say. 

Ad captandum vulgus.— ''To catch the mob." Said of a 

specious argument "for the nonce." 
Ad connectendasamicitias, tenacissimum vinculum est morum 
simtlitudo. Pliny the Younger.—'' For cementing friend- 
ship, resemblance of manners is the strongest tie " 



AD. 7 

Ad consiliu/m ne accesseris, antequam voceris. Prov. — " Go 
not to the council-chamber before you are summoned." 
" Speak when you are spoken to, and come when you are 
called." 

Ad Hndem. — "To the same (rank or class)." Graduates 
of one university, when admitted to the same degree in 
another, but not incorporated as members, are said to be 
admitted ad eundem. 

Ad interim. — " For," or " during the meanwhile." A tem- 
porary substitute is appointed to act ad interim. 

Ad libitum.— '" At pleasure." In music this term is used 
to show that the passage may be played at the discretion 
of the performer. 

Ad mala qtdsque ammum referat sua Ovid. — "Let 

each person recall to mind his own mishaps." 

Ad mensHram aquam hihit. — " He drinks water by measure." 

Ad minora me demittere non recusdbo. Quint. — " I will not 
refuse to descend to the most minute details." I wiU sif^ 
the matter to the bottom. 

Ad mores natUra recurrit 

Damindtos,fixa et mutdri nesda Juv. 

— " Human nature ever reverts to its depraved courses, 
fixed and immutable." 

Ad nomen vultus su^tulit ilia suos. OviD. — " On hearing her 
name she raised her eyes." 

Ad nullum consurgit opus, cum corpore langu£t. Gall. — 
" The mind cannot grapple with any task when the body 
is languid." 

Ad omnem lihidinem projectus homo. — " A man disposed to 
every species of dissipation." 

Ad perdUam securim manubrium adjtcere. — " To throw the 
helve after the lost hatchet." To give way to despair. 

Ad perniciem solet agi sinceritas. Ph^d. — " Sincerify is fre- 
quently impelled to its own destruction." 

Ad poenitendum properat, cito qui judtcat. Stb. — " He 
hastens to repentance, who judges hastily." 

Ad populum phaleras, ego te intus et in cute novi. Pebs. 
— " Display thy trappings to the vulgar, I know thee in- 
side and out." 

Ad prcesens ova eras pullis sunt msliora. — "Eggs to-day 
are better than chickens to-morrow." A medSeval pro- 



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verb, in defective verse, similar to ours — " A bird in the 
hand," &c. 

Ad qu<Bstidnem juris respondeant judices, ad qiusstionem facti 
respondeant juratores. Law Maxim. — " It is the duty of 
the judge to decide as to the point of law, of the jurors to 
decide as to the matter of fact." 

Ad quod damnum. Law Term. — "To what damage." A 
writ issued to inquire into the damage that may be sus- 
tained before the grant of certain liberties. 

Ad referendum. — "To be referred," or, "to await further 
consideration." 

Ad respondendum quwstibni. — "To answer the question." 
Students at the university of Cambridge, who are about 
to be examined for their degree in Arts, or in other words, 
admitted ad respondendum qucestioniy are thence called 
questionists. 

Ad suum quemque cequum est quwstum esse calVidum. Plaut. 
— " It is only right that every one should be alive to his 
own advantage." 

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Ad tnstem partem strenua susptdo. Syb. — " The minds of 
men who have been unfortunate are prone to suspicion." 
Much to the same purpose as our proverb, " A burnt child 
dreads the fire." 

Ad turpia virvm honum nulla spes invitat. Sen. — " No ex- 
pectation can allure a good man to the commission of 
evil." 

Ad unum corpus hwndnum suppVicia plura quam membra. 
St. Ctpeian.— " One human body is liable to more pains 
than the members of which it is composed." 
Ad utt^mque pardtus.--'' Prepared for either alternative." 
Ad valdrem.—'' According to the value." Duties are imposed 
on certain articles of merchandise, ad valorem, or accord- 
ing to their value. 
Ad vivum.—'' To the life." 

Ad<Bqudrunt judwes.—'' The judges were equally divided." 
Adde parumparvo, magnus acervus m^.— " Add a ]ittle to a 
little, and there will be a great heap." An adaptation from 
Ovid. 

Adde, quod injustum rigido jus dicitur ense ; 
Dantur et in medio vulnPra scepeforo. Ovid. 
— " Besides, iniquitous retaliation is dealt with the cruel 



ADE— ADO. 9 

sword, and wounds are often inflicted in the midst of the 
court of justice." 

— Adeo in teneris consuescere multum est. YiEG. — " Of 
such importance is it to be well trained in youth." 
"Train up a child in the way he should go," says Solo- 
mon, Prov. xxii. 6. 
'Adeone hominem immutdri 



Ex ombre, ut non cognoscas Mndem esse ? Tee. 

— " Is it possible that a man can be so changed by love, 

that you could not recognise him to be the same ?" 

Adeste, si quid mihi restat aqendum. — " If aught remains to 
be done by me, despatch." The words of the emperor 
Severus, just before his death, according to Lord Bacon ; 
but they are not to be found in Dio Cassius or Spartianus. 

Adhihenda est in jocando moderatio. Cic. — " Moderation 
should be used in joking." A joka should never be 
carried too far. 

Adhibenda est munditia, non odiosa, neque exquis'ita nimis, 
tantum guce fugiat agrestem ac inhumanam negligentiam. 
Cic. — " we should exhibit a certain degree of neatness, 
not too exquisite or affected, and equally remote from 
rustic and unbecomrug carelessness." 

Adhuc subjudice lis est. Hoe. — " The point is still in dis- 
pute before the judge." The controversy is yet undecided. 

AdUus est ipsi ad omnes facilis et perviu^. CiC. — " He has 
fi»e and ready access to every one." 

Adjdro numquam eam me deserturum, 

Non si capiendos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnes homines ; 
Hanc mihi expetivi, contingit ; conveniunt mores ; valeant 
Qui inter nos discidium volunt ; hanc, nisi rnors, mi adimet 

nemo. Tee. 
— " I swear that I wiU never desert her, even though I were 
sure that I should make all men my enemies. Her have 
I desired above all things, her have I obtained. Our 
humours agree ; farewell to those who would set us at 
variance. Nothing but death shall deprive me of her." 

Adolescentem verecundmn esse decet. Plaut. — " A young 
man ought to be modest." 

Adomdre verbis benefacta. Plint the Younger. — " To enhance 
the value of a favour by kind expressions." The best of 
actions is liable to be undervalued, if done with a bad grace. 



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Adscriptus glehcB. — " Belonging to the soil." Attached to 
the soil, like the serfs and neifs in England so late as 
the reign of Edward VI., and the greater part of the 
peasantry of the Eussian empire at the present day. 

Adsit 

Regilla, peccatis qiuB pcenas irroget (Bqttas. Hoe. 
— " Let a law he made which shall inflict punishment com- 
mensurate with the crime." 
-Adulandi gens prvdentissima laudat 



Sermonem indocti, faciem deformis, amid. Juv. 
— " The crafty race of flatterers praise the conversation of 
an unlearned, the features of an ugly friend." See the 
Eable of the Fox and the Crow, in jEsop. 

Adverstis solem ne loquitor. Prov. — " Speak not against the 
sun." Do not argue against that which is as clear as 
the sun at mid-day. 

u^cus in pcenas ingeniosus erit. Ovid. — " -Sacus shall re- 
fine in devising tortures for you." 

JEdiJicdre in tuo propria solo non licet quod alteri noceat. 
Law Maxim. — "You may not bmld on your o\^ti land 
that which may injure another." See the same principle in 
&ic tit ere, &c. 

j^rescitque fnedendo. Viro. — " He destroys his health 

by his very anxiety to preserve it." 

uE^ri somnia vana. Hoe. — " The delusive dreams of 

the sick man." * 

AE^ritudinem lauddre, unam rem maxime detestahilem, quorum 
est tandem philosophdrum ? Cic. — " What kind of philoso- 
phy is it, pray, to extol melancholy, a thing the most de- 
testable of all ? " 

.^jgrotat dcemon, mondcTius tunc esse volehat ; 
Dcemon convdluit, dcsmon ut ante fait. 
" The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; 
The devil got well, the devil a monk was he." 
Lines composed in the middle ages. 

JEgrbtatibnes animi, qualis est avaritia, ex eo quod magni 
cBstimetur ea res, ex qua animus cegrotat, oriuntur. Cic. — 
" Diseases of the mind, such as avarice, spring from too 
high a value set upon the things by which the miud be- 
comes corrupted." 

.^^roto dum antma est, spes est. Cio. — " So long as the 



sick man has life, there is hope." A common saying with 
us, " While there is life there is hope." 

u^Jmulatio cemulationem parit. — " Emulation begets emula- 
tion." A spirit of emulation excites others to similar 
exertions. 

JEhnulus studiorum et laborum. Cic. — " The rival of his pur- 
suits and of his labours." 
-JEqud lege necessitas 



Sortitur insignes et imos. HoE. 
— " Fate, by an impartial law, is allotted both to the con- 
spicuous and the obscure." 
j^quam memento rebus in arduis 
Servdre mentem, non secus in bonis 
Ab insolenti temperdtam 

Lcdtitid Hoe. 

— " In arduous circumstances remember to preserve equa- 
nimity, and equally in prosperous moments restrain exces- 
sive joy." 
-.Mqua tellus 



Pauperi recludttur, 

Megumque pueris. Hoe. 

— " The impartial earth is opened alike for the pauper and 

the children of kiugs." 

jEquUas enim lucet ipsa per se. Cic. — " Equity shiaes by 
her own light." 

jEquitas est correctio legis generaliter latce qvd parte de- 
ficit. Plowden. — " Equity is the correction of the law 
laid down in general terms, in those parts in which it is de- 
ficient." It modifies the rigour of the law, and takes into 
consideration the circximstances of the case. 

u^uo animo pardtoque morlar. Cic. — " May I meet death 
with a mind prepared and calm." 

JEquum est 

Peccdtis veniam poscentem redder e rursv^. Hoe. 
— " It is fair that he who expects forgiveness should, in 
his turn, extend it to others." We are also taught by a 
higher sanction, that, as we forgive them that trespass 
agaiast us, so may we hope to be forgiven. 

u&a nitent usu ; vestis bona queer it JiabeH ; 
Canescunt turpi tecta relicta situ. Ovid. 

— " Brass grows bright by use ; good clothes require to be 



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worn ; uninhabited buildings grow wbite with nasty 

mould." 
JErii^o an7mi, rublgo ingenii. Sek. — " The rust of the mind 

is the blight of genius." Said of idleness. 
JErvmnnhilis experientia me docuit. — " Sorrowful experience 

has taught me.'* 
j^ delntdrem leve, gravius inimicvm facit. Labee. — " A 

trifling debt makes a man your debtor ; a more weighty 

one, your enemy." 
JEls erat in pretio ; chalyheia massa latehat ; 

Heu ! qtiam perpetuo dehuit ilia tegi. Otid. 

— " Copper became valuable ; the iron ore still lay hid. 

Alas ! would that it had ever remained concealed." . 
jEsopo ingentem stattiam posuere Attici, 

Servumque collocdrunt cBtemd in bast, 

latere honoris scirent ut cuncti viam. Phjede. 

— " The Athenians erected a lofty statue to ^Esop, and 

placed him, though a slave, upon an everlasting pedestal, 

that aU might know that the way to fame is open to every 



one. 



JEstimatio delicti prceteriti ex post facto non crescit. Law 
Maxim. — " The delinquency attaching to a crime that 
has been committed, is not increased by anything that has 
happened since." 
JEstuat ingens 
Imo in corde pudor, mixtoque insdnia luctu^ 
Et Furiis agitdtus amor, et conscia virtits. ViEG. 
— "Deep in his heart boils overwhelming shame, and 
frantic rage, with intermingled grief, and love racked with 
furious despair, and conscious worth." 

uEtas parentum, pejor avis, tulit 
Nos nequiores, mox daturos 
Frogmiem vitiosiorem. Hoe. 

— " The days of our parents, more dissolute than those of 
our forefathers, produced us more vricked than they ; we, 
who are destined to produce a more vicious progeny 
still." — Horace is here a laudator temporis acti, a praiser 
of the " good old times." 

JEtdtem non tegunt tempora. — " Our temples do not conceal 
our age." The wrinkled forehead betrays the hand of 
time. 



jEtdtem Priami Nestorisque 

Longami qui putat esse, Martidne, 

Multum declpUur falliturque, 

Non est vivere sed vita. Mae. 

— " He, Martianus, is much mistaken and deceived, who 

thinks that the life of Priam and of Nestor was long : not 

existence, but health, is life." 

^tdtis cujusque notandi sunt tihi mores. Hoe. — " You must 
carefully observe the manners of every age." By inat- 
tention to this rule, even Shakspeare has committed 
anachronisms. 

Sternum inter se discordant. Tee. — "They are everlast- 
ingly at variance with each other." 

JEthiopem dealbdre. Frov. — " To wash a blackamoor white." 

^vo rarissima nostro 

Simplicitas Oyid. 

— " Simplicity, a thing most rare in our age." Ovid, like 
Seneca, sometimes praises a simplicity and self-denial, 
which he himself failed to practise. 

Affectum dantis pensat censura Tonantis. — "The judgment 
of the Thunderer weighs the intention of the giver." A 
mediaeval line. 

Ajffldvit Deus et dissipantur. — " God has sent forth his breath, 
and they are dispersed." In the reign of Queen Elizsi- 
beth, a medal with the above inscription was struck, to 
record the, destruction of the Spanish Armada. 

Age, lihertate Decembri, 

Quando ita majores voluerunt, utere Hoe. 

— " Come, since our forefathers would have it so, use the 
freedom of December." Said in allusion to the Saturnalia, 
during which the slaves at Eome were allowed a greater 
latitude than usual. 

Age quod agis. — " Attend to what you are about " — or, as 
the clock at the Inner Temple formerly had it, " Be- 
gone about your business." 

Ag^re considerate pluris est quam cogitdre prudenter. Cic. 
— " It is better to act considerately than to think wisely." 
"Very similar in meaning to the maxim, Faulum sepultce, 
&c., which see. 

Agnosco vHeris vestigia fiamma. Vieq. — "I recognise 



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tlie remains of my former attachment." A somewhat 
similar expression to that of Gray, 

"E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires." 

A^nn^ Dei. — " The Lamb of God." A cake of wax stamped 
with the figure supporting the banner of the cross. It 
is supposed by the Romish Church to have miraculous 
powers for preserving the faithful. A part of the mass 
for the dead is also so called, from the circumstance of its 
beginning with these words. 

Agrlcola incurvo terrain dimovit ardtro ; 

Sine anni labor ; hine patriam parvosque nepotes 
Sustinet : hinc armenta houm, meritosqiie jwven^os. 

VlBG. 

— " The husbandman cleaves the earth with his crooked 
plough : hence the labours of the year : hence he supports 
nis country and his little offspring: hence his herds of kine 
and the steers which have earned his sustenance." 

Agri non omnes frugiferi sunt. Cic. — " All fields are not 
fruitful." So too all men are not equally susceptible of 
improvement. 

AJi miser ! 

Quanta laboras in Charyhdi, 

Digne puer meliore flammd ! Hoe. 

— " Into what an abyss hast thou fallen, unhappy youth ! 

deserving of a more happy flame!" A paraUel case to 

that of Samson and Delilah. 

Ah. ! nimiumfaciles, qui tristia crimina cadis 
Flumined tolli posse putetis aqud. OviD. 

— " Ah ! too credulous mortals, who imagine that the guilt 
of bloodshed can be removed by the waters of the stream." 

Albce gallincB JiUus. Prov. — "The son of a white hen." 
Said of a person extremely fortunate. An eagle is said 
to have dropped a white hen, with a sprig of laurel, into 
the lap of Livia, the wife of the Emperor Augustus. 

Album calculum addere. — "To give a white stone." In 
voting, among the ancients, approval was signified by put- 
ting into the urn a white stone ; disapproval, or censure, 
by a black one. 

Alea judlciorum. — " Chance judiciary." " The uncertainty 
of judgments ;" which too often, as it were, depend on 



the throw of a die. "The glorious uncertainty of the 
law." 

Aledtor, quanta in arte est melior, tanto est nequior. Stb. — 
" The gambler, the more skiLftLl he is in his art, the more 
wicked is he." 

Alexander victor tot regum atque populorum irce succubuit. 
Sen. — " Alexander, the conqueror of so many kings and 
nations, was himself subdued by anger." 

Aliam quercum excute. — " Go, shake some other oak." Said 
by a person who has already shown his liberality to an ap- 
plicant. 

Alia res sceptrum, alia plectrum. — " A sceptre is one thing, 
a fiddlestick another." 

Alias. — " Otherwise." Applied to persons who assume two 
or more names ; as A, alias B. It also means a second 
writ, issued after a first writ has been issued to no pur- 
pose. 

AUbi. — " Elsewhere." Law Term. When a person accused 
of an ofience endeavours to prove that he was absent 
from the place at the time when the crime was committed, 
he is said to set up an alibi. 

Aliena negotia centum 

Per caputs et circa sdliunt lattis HoB. 

— " A hundred afiairs of other people come into my head, 
and beset me on every side." 

Aliena negotia cv/ro, 

Mxcussus propriis. Hoe. 

— " I attend to the business of other men, regardless of 
my own." This quotation may be aptly applied to such 
busy-bodies as M%o^ met, when carrying his lantern at 
mid-day. See Phcedrv^^ B. iii. F. 19. 

Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent. Ste. — " That which 
belongs to others pleases us most, while that which be- 
longs to us is most valued by others." Few men are 
content with their station : so true it is that — • 
" Men would be angels, angels would be gods ; 
Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell. 
Aspiring to be angels, men rebel." Pope's Essay on Man, 

Aliena opprobHa scope 

Absterrent vitiis- HoE. 

— " The disgrace of others often deters us from crime." 



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Aliend optlrnvm insanid frui. — " It is best to profit by the 
madness of others." A proverb quoted by the Elder Pliny. 
See Optimum est aliend, &c. 

Aliena vitia in oculis habPrmis — a tergo nostra sunt. Sen. — 
" We have the vices of others always before our eyes — 
our own behind our backs." See JJt nemo in sese, &c. 

Aliend vivere quadrd. JuY. — " To eat off another man's 
trencher." To live at another's expense. 

Alieni appHens, sui profusus. Sall. — " Covetous of an- 
other's, lavish of his own." Catiline is here described by 
the historian. 

Alieni tempdris flores. — "Blossoms of a time gone by." 
Flowers that bloomed in other days. 

Alieno in loco 
Haud stabile regnum est. Sen. 
— " Over a distant realm sovereignty is insecure.'* 

Alienos agros irrigas tuis sitientibus. Prov. — " Tou are 
watering your neighbours' fields, while your own are 
parched with drought." Said to an interfering busy- 
body. 

Alii sementem faciunt, alii metent. Prov. — " The one sows, 
the other will reap." 

Alio patriam qucerunt sub sole jacentem. ViEG. — " They seek 
a country situate beneath another sun." 

Aliorum m^dtcus, ipse ulcPribus scates. — "The physician of 
others, you are full of ulcers yourself." 

Aiiquando gratius est quod facili qu^im quod plena manu 
datur. — " Sometimes that is more acceptable which is 
given "with a kindly, than that which is received from a 
lull hand." Presents are acceptable according to the 
spirit in which they are given. 

Aliqtt£m fortuncB filium reverentissime colere ac venerdri. 
AusT. — " To treat with the greatest reverence and respect 
a man who is the darling of fortune." To 
— " follow that false plan, 
That money only makes the man." 

ATiquis non debet esse judex in propria cau^d. CoKE. — " No 
man ought to be judge in his own cause." 

Alts volat propriis. — " He flies with his own wings." He 
is able to take care of himself. Motto of the Earl of 
Thanet. 



Afiter catiili longe olent, dliter sues. Platjt. — " Puppies 
have one smell, pigs quite another." All animals have 
an instinct by which they recognise their young. 

AlUur vitium, vlvitque tegendo. VifiG. — " Vice is nourished 
and lives by concealment." 

Alium silere quod vdleas, primus sile. Sen. — " That you 
may impose silence upon another, first be silent yourself.'* 

Alma mater. -^'^ k. kind," or "benign, mother." A term 
originally used in reference to the earth, but employed by 
students to designate the university in which they were 
educated. It is said to have been first applied to Cambridge. 

Alta sedent civilis vulnera dextrcs. Ltjcan. — " The 

wounds inflicted by civil war are deeply seated." 

Alterd manufert Idpldem, altera partem ostentat. Plaitt. — 
" In one hand he carries a stone, while in the other he 
shows bread." So our proverb, " He carries fire in one 
hand, and water in the other." 

Alterd manu scabunt, alterd feriunt. Prov. — " They scratch 
you with one hand, and strike you with the other." 
Said of treacherous and deceitful persons. 

Alter idem. Cic. — " Another self." See Verus amicus. 

Alter ipse amicus. Prov. — " A friend is a second self." The 
thought occurs more than once in the works of Aristotle. 

Alterltis non sit qui suus esse potest. — " Let no man be the 
servant of another, who can be his own master." 

Alterlu^ sic 

Altera poscit opem, res et conjurat amice. Hoe. 
— " Thus does one thing require the co-operation of an- 
other, and they join in mutual aid." 

Alter remus aqu^is, alter mihi radat arenas. Peop. — " Let 
one of my oars skim the water, the other touch the 
sands." By acting thus, we shall not find ourselves out 
of our depth. 

Alter rixatur de land scepe caprtnd, 
Propugnat nugis armdtus. — Hoe. 
— " Another raises a dispute about a lock of goat's wool, 
and has recourse to arms for trifles." Potentates, as well 
as wolves, have often acted upon this principle, when they 
have deemed it to their interest to " pick a quarrel." 

Altissma qiKsqus Jlumina mimmo sono labuntur. CuET. — 
"The deepest rivers flow with the least noise." Of 



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aimilar application to our proverb, " Empty vessels make 
the greatest sound." 

A. M. for Artium Magister. — " Master of Arts." The high- 
est University degree in Arts. See also Anno Mundi, 
Ante meridiem. 

Ama tanquam osilrus, Oderis tanquami amaturus. Prov. — 
" Love as though you might hate. Hate as though you 
might love." Be prepared in either case fbr a change of 
circumstances ; and neither make your friend acquainted 
with your failings and weak points, nor make it impos- 
sible that your enemy can ever become reconciled to you. 
Cicero, with considerable reason, dissents from the first 
part of this adage. See Amicum iia, &c. 

Amantium ircB amoris integrdtio est. Teh. — " The quarrels 
of lovers are the renewal of love." So our old proverb, 
" Old pottage is sooner heated than new made." 

Amdre et sapere vix deo concedUur. Labeb. — "It is 
hardly granted to a god to be in love and to act wisely." 

Amdre juveni fructus est, crimen seni. Syr. — " It is proper 
for a young man to be in love, a crime for an old one." 

Amhiguas in vulgum spargere voces. Adapted from Virgil.— 
" To spread ambiguous reports among the populace." 

Amh1g Hum pactum contra venditorem interpretandum est. Law 
Maxim. — "A doubtful agreement is to be interpreted 
against the vendor." 

Amici prohantur rebus adversis. Cic. — " Friends are proved 
by adversity." 

Amlci vitium niferas, prodis tuum. Syr. — " Unless you can 
put up with the faults of your friend, you betray your 
own;" you show that either the ties of friendship are 
easily relaxed, or that you are put out of temper by trifles. 

Amicitia semper prodest, amor et nocet. Laber. — " Friend- 
ship is always productive of advantage, and love of in- 
jury." This dictum seems to be stated in rather too 
general terms. 

Amicorum, magis quwm tuam ipsius laudem, prcedlca. — En- 
large upon the praises of your friends rather than on 
your own." 

Amicos res op'imw parmnt, adversce probant. Syr. — " Pros- 
perity begets friends, adversity proves them." 

Amicum ita habeas posse ut fieri hunc inimicum scias. Laber. 



— " Live with your friend as if you knew that he might 
become your enemy." This maxim, though inculcating 
caution, a considerable virtue, is better adapted to the po- 
litical world than to the sphere of private friendship. See 
Ama tanquam, &c. 
— Amicum 



Mancipium domino etfrugi. HoR. 

— " A servant faithful to his master, and true." 

Amicum perdPre est damnorum maximv/m. Syr. — " To lose 
a friend is the greatest of losses." 

Amicus certus in re incerid cernitur. Ennius. — "An un- 
doubted friend shows himself in doubtful circumstances." 
Very similar to our proverb, " A friend in need is a friend 
indeed." 

Amicus curiae. Law Term. — " A friend of the court." A 
member of the bar who makes a suggestion on any point 
of practice as to which the judge is in doubt is so 
called. 

Amicus magis necessdrius quam igni^ aut aqua. — "A friend 
is more needful than fire or water." 

Amicus Plato, amicus Socrates, sed magis arnica Veritas. Cic. 
— " Plato is my friend, Socrates is my friend, but truth is 
a friend I prize above both." 

Amicus usque ad aras. — " A friend to the very altar." 

Amissum quod nescUur non amittitur. Syr. — " The loss that 
is not known is no loss." Similar to our saying, " What 
the eye don't see the heart don't grieve." So also G-ray's 
line, "Where ignorance is bliss 'tis folly to be wise." 

Amittit merito proprlwm qui alienmn appetit. Ph^d. — " He 
who covets that which belongs to another, deservedly loses 
his own." Covetous men not unfrequently fall into the 
pit which they have dug for others. 

Amor omnibus idem. Virg. — " Love is in all the same." 

Amor et melle et felle est fecundisshnus. Plaut. — " Love is 
most fruitful both in honey and in gall." 

Amor tussisque non celantur. — " Love and a cough cannot be 
concealed." A proverbial saying. 

Amdre nihil molliu^, nihil violentitis, — " Nothing is more ten- 
der, nothing more violent than love." 

Amores 

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— " She plans amours from her tenderest years." 
— Amoto qu<Brdmu% seria ludo. HoE.^ — " Joking apart, let 
us give our attention to serious matters.'* 
-Amphora ccepit 



Inst it ui ; currente rotd cur urceus exit ? Hob. 
— " A fine jar is intended to be made ; why, when the 
wheel goes round, does it come out a humble pitcher ?" 
A figure taken from the potter's wheel. It has the same 
application as the Fable of the Mountain in Labour. 
Ampliat atdtis spat mm sihi vir bonus ; hoc est 
Vivh^e bis vita posse prior e frui. Mar. 

— " The good man extends the period of his life ; it is to 
live twice, to enjoy with satisfaction the retrospect of our 
past life." 
An boni quid usquam est, quod quisquam uti possit 

Sine malo omni ; aut^ ne labbrem capias, cum illo uti velles. 

Platjt. 
— -" Is there any good whatever that we can enjoy wholly 
without evil, or where you must not endure labour when 
you would enjoy it ?" 
An dives sit omnes quaerunt, nemo an bonus. — " All inquire 
whether a man is rich, no one whether he is good." A 
translation from Euripides. 

An erit qui velle recUset 

OspopuU meruisse, et cedro digna locUtus 

Linquere ? Pers. 

— " WiU there be any one to disown a wish to deserve the 
people's praise, and to leave words worthy to be preserved 
in cedar?" Presses for books were made of cedar, and 
the paper was steeped in oil of cedar, that wood being 
esteemed for its antiseptic qualities. 
An nescis lonqas regibus esse manus ? Otid. — " Knowest thou 
not that kings have long arms?" that they can reach 
you at a distance even ? 
An potest quidquam esse absurdius, quam quo minus vice restat, 
eo plus viatUi qucerere ? Cio. — " Can there be anything 
more absurd, than to be making aU the greater provision, 
in proportion as the less of your journey remains to be 
performed ? " A reproof of covetousness in old age. 
An quisquam est alius liber, nisi ducere vitam 
Oui licet, tU voluit ? Pees. 



— " Is any man free, but he who is at liberty to spend his 

life in whatever manner he may please ?" 
Anceps remedium est melius qu>am nullum. — "A doubtful 

remedy is better than none." 
Anguillam caudd tenes. Prov. — " You hold an eel by the 

tail." You have got to deal with a slippery fellow, and 

if you do not hold him fast, he will slip through yoiir 

fingers. 
Anima est arnica amanti. Platjt. — " His mistress is the 

very life of a lover." 
Anma magis est ubi amat quam ubi annnat. AusT. — " The 

soul is more where it loves than where it lives." 
Animasque in vulnere ponunt. ViEa. — " And they leave 

their lives in the wound.'* 
Animi cultu^ quasi quidam humanitdtis cibus. Cic. — " Cul- 
tivation is to the mind what food is to the body." 
Ammo cegrotanti meddcus est ordtio. Prov. — " Words are as 

a physician to an afflicted spirit.'* See Sunt verba, &c. 
Anvmoque supersunt 

Jam prope post animam. SiDON. Apoll. 

— " They display spirit even though they have all but 

breathed forth their spirit." There is a play upon the 

resemblance of the words animus, " courage," and anima, 

" soul.'* 
-Animorum 



Impulsu, et coecd magndque cupldine ducti. Juv. 

— " Led on by the impulse of our minds, by blind and 

headstrong passions." 

Animula, vagiila, blandida ! — 
Sospes, comesque corporis — 

— "Dear, fluttering, fleeting soul of mine, thou guest and 
companion of the body." The beginning of the address 
of the emperor Adrian to his soul, composed in his last 
moments, and preserved by the historian Spartianus, as 
expressive of his uncertainty as to a future existence. 
"The idea of Pope's "Dying Christian's Address to his 
Soul," was suggested by these lines, which are replete 
with exquisite beauty. 

Animum nunc hue celerem, nunc divldit illue. ViRO. — 

" Now this way, now that, he turns his wavering mind.*' 

Animum picturd pascit indni, ViBO. — "He feeds his mind 



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with an empty picture." He amuses himself with un- 
substantial anticipations. See the stories of the Barme- 
cide's Feast, and of Ainaschar and his brittle ware, in 
the Arabian Nights. 

Antmum rege^ qui nisi par et 

Imperat. HoE. 

— " Control your temper, for if it does not obey you, it 
will govern you." 
Animus (Bquus optimum est (Erumnce condimentum. Platjt. — 

" A patient mind is the best remedy for affliction." 
Animus est in patmis. Teh. — " My thoughts are among the 

saucepans." I am thinking of something to eat. 
Animus furandi. Law Term, — " The intention of stealing." 
It is the animuSf and not the act, that constitutes an 
offence. 
Animus homini^ quicquid sibi imp^rat^ ohtmet. — " Whatever 

it resolves on the human mind can eftect." 
Animus hominis semper appHit agere aliquid. Cic. — " The 

mind of man is always longing to do something." 
Animus memtnit prceteritorum^ pr essentia cernitj futura prco- 
videt. Cic. — " The mind remembers past events, scans 
the present, foresees the future." 

Ammus qiwd perd7dit optat^ 

Atque in prceterUd se tot us imagine versat. Petron. 
-— " The mind still longs for what it has lost, and is wholly 
intent upon the past." The contemplation of lost op- 
portunities has a kind of fascination, which at the same 
moment both invites and repels. 
--Ammus si te non deficit cBqutis. HoR. — " K your equa- 
nimity does not fail you." 
Anno Dommi. — " In the year of our Lord ; " for brevity, a. d. 
Anno Mundi.-—" In the year of the world ;" for brevity, a. m. 
Anno Urhis condltce.—'' In the year from the building of the 

city." See Ah urle, &c. 
Annosam arhorem transplantdre. — "To transplant an aged 
tree." Said of a person late in life quitting an employ- 
ment in which he has been long engaged, for a new one. 
Annosa vulpes hand capUur laqueo. Frov. — " An old fox is 
not to be caught with a springe." " Old birds are not to 
be caught with chaff." 
Annus mirdbilis. — " The year of wonders." 



Ante harham doces senes. JProv, — " Before you have got a 
beard you are for teaching the aged." 

Ante diem clauso componet Vesper Olympo. YiRQ. — "The 
evening star wiU first shut the gates of heaven upon the 
day." 

Ante mare, et fellus, et quod tegit omnia coslumy 
Unus erat toto naturce vultus in orbe, 
Qtiem dixere Chaos ; rudis indigestaqus moles. Oyid. 
— " At first the sea, the earth, and the heaven which covers 
aU things, were the only face of nature through the whole 
universe, which men have named Chaos ; a rude and undi- 
gested mass. 

Ante meridiem.--" Before noon," or " mid-day," generally 
denoted by the initials a. m. 

Ante oculos errant domus, urbs, et forma locorum ; 

Succeduntque suis singula facta locis. Oyid. 

— " Before my eyes flit my home, the city, and each well- 
knovm spot : and then follows, in order, each thing, as it 
happens, in its appropriate place." 

Ante senectUtem curdvi, ut bene viverem ; in senectUte, tit 
bene moriar. Sen. — " Before old age, I made it my care 
to live well ; in old age, to die well." St. Jerome ranked 
Seneca among the writers of Christianity. 

Ante tubam trepldat. — " He trembles before the trumpet 
sounds." 

Ante victoriam canere triumphum. — " To celebrate the tri- 
umph before victory." Similar in meaning to our expres- 
sion, " To count our chickens before they are hatched." 

Ante victoriam ne canas triumphum. — " Don't sing your tri- 
umph before you have conquered." So we say, " Don't 
halloo before you are out of the wood." 

Ante videmus fulgurationem quam sonum audidmus. Sen. — 
"We see the lightning before we hear the thunder." 

Antehac putdbam te habere cornua. Frov. — " Till now I 
thought you had horns." Said to a blusterer, who, at 
the last moment, is found defective in courage. 

Antequam indplas consulto, et ubi consulueru facto opus est. 
Cic. — " Before you begin, consider, and when you have 
considered, act." 

AntJqud homo virtute acflde. Tee. — " A man of the virtue 
and fidelity of the olden time." 



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Antiquitas scectili juventus mundi. — " Ancient time was the 
youth of the world." An aphorism of Lord Bacon, for 
which, according to Hallam and Whewell, he is indebted 
to Giordano Bruno. 

Anus s'lmia sero quidem, JProv. — " The old ape is taken at 
last." Of the same meaning as our saying, " The old fox 
is caught at last." 

Aperit prcecordia Liher. IIoB. — " Bacchus opens the 

heart." 

Aperte mala cum est mulier, turn demum est bona. Syb. 
— "When a woman is openly bad, then she is good." 
This paradoxical expression implies that less injury re- 
sults to the world from open dissoluteness, than from the 
hypocrisy of those who conceal profligacy under the guise 
of sanctity and virtue. 

Aperto v'lvere voto. Pees. — " To live with every wish 

revealed." The motto of the Earl of Aylesford. 

Apio opus est. Prou.— "There is need of parsley." Said 
when a sick person was past all hope of recovery. The 
Grecians sowed the graves of the dead with this herb. 

Apparatus belli. — " The materiel of war." 

Apparent rari nantes in gurgtte vasto. ViBG. — " A few are 
seen here and there, swimming in the boundless ocean." 
Virgil here describes the shipwrecked sailors of the Troian 
fleet. -^ 

Appetltus rationipareat. Cic— " Let your passions be obedi- 
ent to reason." Employed as the motto of Earl Fitzwilliam. 

Aquamperdo. — " I lose my time." Time was measured by 
the ancients by means of water running in the clepsydra, 
as in more modem days by sand. A certain portion of 
time was allotted to each orator to plead his cause; 
whence the present expression, which literally means, " I 
am losing the water." 

Aquamplorat cum lavat fundere. Plaut. — "He weeps at 
throwing away the water in which he was washed." Said 
of a miser. 

Aqml<i non capit muscas. Frav.—'' The eagle does not stoop 

to catch flies." 
AquUcs senecta. Pr<w.— "The old age of an eagle." Ap- 

Elied to a^ed topers— as the eagle was supposed, in its 
itter years, to live by suction only. 



Aquilam voldre doces. JProv. — "Tou are for teaching an 
eagle how to fly." "Tou are teaching your grandam," &c. 

Aqttosus langtior. — "The wat-ery weakness." The dropsy. 

Aranedrum telas texere. — " To weave a spider's web." Mean- 
ing, to support an argument by fine-spun sophistry, or to 
engage in a frivolous pursuit. 

Arbiter bibendi. — " The arbitrator of drinking." The master 
of the feast among the ancients gave directions when to 
fill the cups. See the Stichus of Flautus, A. iv. sc. 4. 

Arbiter elegantidrum. — " The arbitrator of politeness." Com- 
monly used in reference to the person whose duty it is to 
decide on any matter of taste or form j a master of the 
ceremonies. 

Arbiter hie sumtus de lite jocosd. Ovid. — " He was 

chosen umpire in this sportive contest." Said of Tiresias, 
who was chosen umpire in the contest between Jupiter 
and Juno. 

Arbore dejectd qui vult ligna colUgit. Prov. — " When the tree 
is thrown down, every one who pleases gathers the wood." 
The meanest may, and often do, triumph over fallen ma- 
jesty. See the fable of " The aged Lion and the Ass," in 
Phcedrus, B. i. F. 21. 

Arbor es magnce diu crescunt, una hord extirpantur. Cubt. — 
" Great trees are long in growing, but are rooted up in a 
single hour." . 

Arbores serit diligens agricola^ quarum aspiciet nunquam 
ipse baccam. Cic. — " The industrious husbandman plants 
trees, of which he himself will never see a berry." In 
imitation of him, we must not confine ourselves to good 
works, the fruit of which is to be immediately gathered. 
' Arcades anibo 



Et cantdre pares, et respondere pardti. YiBO. 

— " Both Arcadians, equally skilled in the song and ready 

for the response." 

Arcana imperii. — " The mysteries of governing." State se- 
crets. 

Arcanum demens detegit ebrietas. — " Frantic drunkenness re- 
veals every secret." 

Arcdnum neque tu scrutdb^ris ulliu^ unquam^ 

Commissumque teges et vino tortus et ird. Hob. 

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Arctum annulum ne gestdto. JProv. — " Do not wear too 
tight a ring." Do not by imprudence waste your pro- 
perty. 

Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio. Syr. — " Straining 
injures the bow, relaxation the mind." This maxim is 
in words not unlike that taught in the Fable of " jEsop at 
Play," except that he warns us against giving, not too much, 
but too little, relaxation to the mind. See JPhcsdnts, B. iv. 

r. 14. 

Ardeat ipsa licet, tormentis gaudet amantis. Jut. — " Al- 
though she herself may burn, she delights in the torments 
of her lover." 

Ardentia verba. — " Words that glow." Expressions full of 
warmth and ardour. 

Ardua cervix 

Argutumque caput, hrevis alvus, ohesaque terga, 

Ltuxuriatque toris animosum pectus ViRG. 

— " Lofty is his neck, and his head slender, his belly short, 
his back plump, while his proud chest swells luxuriant, 
with brawny muscles." A fine description of what a horse 
should be. 

Ardua 7nolimur ; sed nulla nisi ardua virtus. Ovin. — "I 
attempt an arduous task ; but there is no merit but what 
is to be secured by arduous means." 

Arena sine calce. Prov. — " Sand without lime." If sand 
is used too plentifully, the mortar will not adhere. This 
saying was used by the emperor Caligula with reference 
to the desultory works of the philosopher Seneca. 

Arence mandas semina. Prov. — " You are sowing your grain 
in the sand." You are labouring at an impossibility. 

Arescit gramen veniente autufnno. — "The grass withers aa 
autumn comes on." Applicable to the sear and yellow 
leaf of old age. 

Argentum accPpi, dote imperium vend7di. Plaut. — " I re- 
ceived money with her, and for the dowry have sold my 
authority." 

Argilld quidvis imitdheris udd. HoR. — " With moist clay 
you may imitate anything you please." Early imprea- 
sions are most inlelibly fixed. 



Argvmentum ad homtnem. — " An argument direct to the 
man." An argument which admits of a personal appli- 
cation. 

Argumentum ad ignorantiam. — " An argument to ignorance." 
An argument founded on the ignorance of your adversary. 

Argvmentum ad judicium. — " An argument by appeal to the 
judgment." 

Argumentum ad verecundiam. — " An argument to decency." 

Argvmentum hacullnum. — " The argument of the stick." 
Club law. 

Argutos inter strepit anser olores. ViR&. — " He gabbles 

like a goose among the tuneful swans." 

Arma ceredlia. — "The arms of Ceres." Implements of 
husbandry, of which Ceres was the goddess. 

Arma tenenti 

Omnia dat, quijusta negat. — LucjLN. 
— " He who refuses what is just, grants everything to his 
opponent when armed." Consciousness of rectitude in- 
spires us with that confidence which so greatly conduces to 
success. 

Ars est celdre artem. — " The great object of art is to conceal 
art." The perfection of art is attained when no traces 
of the artist are to be seen. 

Ars est sine arte, cujus principium est mentiri, medium la- 
bordre, et finis mendicdre. — " The art is devoid of art, 
whose beginning is falsehood, its middle labour, and its 
end beggary." The character of the delusive science of 
alchemy. 

Ars longa, vita brevis. — "Art is long, life is short." A 
translation of the first of Hippocrates' Aphorisms. 

Ars mihi non tanti est. 'Ovid. — " The art is not worth 

so great a penalty to me." 

Ars varia vulpis, ast una echlno maxima. Prov. — The fox 
has many tricks ; the hedgehog only one, and that greater 
than all." The hedgehog eftectually defends himself by 
rolling himself up in a ball. See Multa novit, &c. 

Artem qucevis alit terra. — "Every country nurtures some 
art." 

Artis magistra necessltas. Pliny tJie Younger. — " Necessity 
is the mistress of the arts." 

Asinwn sub frceno currere docere. Prov. — " To teach an 



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ass to obey the rein." A task which was considered 
by the ancients to be " labour in vain." See At si cog- 
ndtoSj &c. 

Asinits asino, et sics suipulcher. — " An ass to ass is a beauty, 
a swine to a swine." Somewhat similar to our saying, 
"Every Jack has his Jill." A fortunate feature in the 
harmonious system of nature. 

Asinus inter slmias. Prov. — " An ass among apes." Said 
of a fool among ill-natured persons who make a butt of 
him. 

Asinus in unguento. Prov. — " An ass among perfumes." 
Said of a person " out of his element." 

Asperee facetiw, uhi nimis ex vero traxere, acrem sui me- 
moriam relinquunt. Tacit. — " Cutting jokes, especially 
when based too much upon truth, leave a bitter remem- 
brance." The truth of this is experienced by those who 
prefer to have their joke, and lose their friend. 

AspPrUas agrestis et inconcinna gravisque. Hoe. — " A clown- 
ish roughness, churlish and ill at ease." 

AspPrius nihil est humili cum stirgit in altum. Claud. — 
" Nothing is more unendurable than a low-bred man, 
when he attains an elevated station." We have a proverb 
to the same effect, " Set a beggar on horseback, and he 
will ride to the devil." 

Asplce curvdtos pomdrum pond(^re ramos. Ovid. — " Behold 
the branches bending beneath the weight of apples." 

Assiduo labuntur tempnra motu 

Non secus acflumen. Neque enim consistere JlumeUj 

Nee levis hora potest 

— " Time glides on with a constant progress, no otherwise 
than as a flowing stream. For neither can the stream nor 
the fleeting hour stop in its course." 

Assumpsit. Law Term. — " He engaged to pay." An action 
of assumpsit lies on the promise to pay, which the law im- 
plies on the part of every man who buys of another. 

Ast alii sex 

JEt plures, uno concldmant ore Jut. 

— " Six others, ay more, with one voice assent." 

Astra regunt homines, sed regit astra Deus. — " The stars 
govern man, but God governs the stars." The belief of 
the astrologers. 



AstHtior coccyge. Prov. — "More crafty than the cuckoo,*' 
who lays her eggs in the nest of another bird. 

At daemon homini quum struit altquid malum, 
JPervertit illi prinutus mentem suam, 

EuEiPiDES, as quoted hy Athenagoras. 
— " But the daemon, when he devises any mischief against 
a man, first perverts his mind." See Qu^m Deus, &c., and 
Quern Jupiter, &c. 

At hcBC etiam servis semper libera fuerunt, tim^rent, gavr 
derenty dolerent, suo potius quam altertus a/rhitrio. Cic— 
" Slaves, even, have always been at liberty to fear, to re- 
joice, to grieve, at their own pleasure, and not at the will 
of another." — The body may be " cribb'd, cabin' d, and 
confin'd," but the mind cannot be chained. 

At jam non domus accipiet te Iceta ; neque uxor 
Optima, nee dulces occurrent oscula nati 
Prceripere, et tacUd pectUrS dulcedme tangent. Lttcr, 
— " No longer shall thy joyous home receive thee, nor yet 
thy best of wives, nor shall thy sweet children run to be 
the first to snatch thy kisses, and thrill thy breast with 
silent delight." See the similar lines in Gray's Elegy. 

At pulchrum est digito monstrdri et dicier, Sic est. Pees. — 
" It is a gratifying thing to be pointed at with the finger, 
and to have it said, That is he." Of course this applies to 
a man who has hecome famous, not notorious. 

At redltus jam quisqus suos amat, et sibi quid sit 

Utile, solicitis supputat articulis Ovid. 

— "Now-a-days every one loves his own interests, and 
reckons, on his anxious fingers, what may turn out useful 
for himself." 

At scio, quo vos soledtis pacto perplexarier ; 



Pactum non pactum est ; non pactum pactum est, quod vobis 

lubet. Plaut. 

— " But I understand the fashion in which you are wont to 
equivocate ; an agreement is no agreement, no agreement 
is an agreement, just as it pleases you." 
At si cogndtos, nullo natura labore 

Quos tibi dat, retinere velis, servdreqtie amicos, 

Infelix operam perdas, ut si quis asellum 

In campo doceat parent jm curr ere frcenis. HoE. 

— " If you think to retain and preserve as friends the rela- 



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tives whom nature gives you, without taking any pains, 
wretched man! you lose your pains just as much as if a 
person were to train an ass to be obedient to the rein, and 
run along the plain." See Asinum sub, &c. 

At vindicta bonum vita jucunditts ipsa, 

Nempe Jioc indocti. — Juv. 

— " But revenge is a blessing more sweet than life itself. 

Yes, fools think so." 

Atque deos atque astra vocat crudelia mater. YlRG. — " Both 
gods and stars his mother charges with cruelty." A de- 
scription of the grief of Daphnis on hearing of the death 
of her son. 

Atque utmam his potius nugis tota ilia dedisset 

Tempora scevltics Juv. 

— " And would that he had devoted to such trifles as these 
all those days of cruelty." Said of Domitian. 

Atqui vultus erat multa et prceclara minantis. Hob. — " But 
you had the look of one that threatened many and ex- 
cellent things." 

AtHa regum homtnibus plena sunt, amlcis vacua. Sen. — " The 
halls of kings are fuU of men, empty of friends." Kings 
have many followers, but few real friends. 

Auddcem ficerat ipse timor. Ovid. — "Fear itself had 

made her bold." 

Auctor pretiosa facit. Ovid. — " The giver enhances the 
value of the gift." See Acceptissima, &c. 

Auddces fortUna juvat timldosque repellit. — " Fortune favours 
the bold, and repels the timid." 

Audax ad omnia foemma, quce vel amat vel odit. — " A wo- 
man, when inflamed by love or by hatred, will dare every- 
thing." 

Audax omnia perpeti 

Gens humdna ruit per vMtum et nefas. Hob. 
— " Bold to perpetrate every species of crime, mankind 
rushes into everything that is wicked and forbidden." 
These words may be appropriately applied to vice and 
refined dissoluteness, but they were used by Horace as a 
censure upon what we should now call " the march of pro- 
gress." 

Aude aliquid brevibus Oyaris et carcere dignum 

Si vis esse allquis. I^robUas lauddtur et alget. Juv. 



— " Dare to commit some act worthy of the little Gyara or 
the gaol, if you wish to be somebody. Virtue is praised 
and shivers with cold." The Eomans used the island of 
Gryara in the -^gean Sea as a place of transportation for 
criminals. 

Audendo magnus tegitur timor. LucAN. — " Great fear is 
concealed under a show of courase." 

Audendum est, ut illustrdta Veritas pateat multique a per- 
jurio liberentur. Lactant. — " "We must make the at- 
tempt to set forth the truth, that it may be seen, and so 
be rescued from the mischiefs of perjury." 

Audentem Forsque Venusque juvant. Oyid. — "Fortune 

and Venus befriend the bold." 

Audentesfortdna juvat. Vibg. — " Fortune favours the brave." 

Audi alteram partem. Prov. — " Hear the other side." Listen 
to what each party has to allege, before you give your de- 
cision. 

Audi, 

Nulla unquam de morte homfnis cunctdtio longa est. Juv. 
— " Listen ! when a man's life is at stake no delay can be 
too long." 

Audi, vide, tace, si vis vivere in pace. — " Listen, look on, 
and hold your tongue, if you would live in peace." A 
Leonine line of the middle ages. 

Audiet pugnas, vitio parentu/my 

Harajuventus Hob. 

— " Our youth, thinned by the vices of their fathers, shall 
hear of these battles." 

Aud'ire, atque togam jubeo componere quisquis 
Ambitione mala, aut argenti pallet amore, 

Quisquis luxurid HoB. 

— " Whoever is pale through foul ambition, or the love of 
money, or luxurious living, him I bid sit still and listen." 

Audire est operce pretium. Hob. — " It is worth your while to 
listen." 

Audita querela. Law Phrase. — " The complaint of the de- 
fendant having been heard." The name of a writ by 
which a defendant appealed against a judgment given 
against him. 

Auditque vocdtus Apollo, A^IBG. — " And Apollo hears 

when invoked." 



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Aufetmur cultu. Ovid. — " "We are captivated by dress." 

Auguriis patrum et prised formldme sacrum. Tacit. — " (A 
grove) hallowed by the auguries of our forefathers, and by 
ancient awe." Like a fly in clouded amber, this hexame- 
ter lies concealed in the prose of the historian. It is 
probably a quotation from some Latin poet, but has been 
overlooked as such. 

Augurium ratio est, et conjectura futiiri : 
I£dc divJndvi, notUiamque tuli. Ovid. 

— " Keason is my augury, and my estimate of the future ; 
from it have I made my prediction and derived my know- 
ledge." 

Aula regis. — " The court of the king." A court which, 
in the middle ages, accompanied the king wherever he 
went, and in which originated the present Court of King's 
Bench. 

Aura populdris. — " The breeze of popularity." A man who 
has the populace upon his side, is for the moment wafted 
on by the aura popularis. See Virtus repulses, &c. 

Aurea ne credas qucecunque nitescere cemis. — " Think not 
that everything that shines is gold." "All is not gold 
that glitters." Trust not to outside appearances. 

Aurea nunc vere sunt scecula, plurlmus auro 
Venit honos : auro concilidtur amor. Ovid. 
— " Truly this is the golden age : the chief honours accrue 
through gold; with gold love is purchased." 

Aurea prima sata est cetas, quce vindlce nullo, 
Sponte sua, sine lege,Jidem rectumque coUbat. 

Poena metusque aherant Ovid. 

— " The golden age was first founded, which without any 
avenger, of its own accord, and without laws, practised 
faith and rectitude. Punishment, and the fear of it, did 
not yet exist." 

Auream quisquis mediocritdtem 
Diligit, tutus caret ohsoleti 
Sord^bus tecti, caret invidendd 
Sobrius aula. Hob. 

— " Whoever loves the golden mean, avoids in safety the 
squalor of an old house, while, in the enjoyment of modera- 
tion, he escapes the cares of splendour." 

Aureo piscdri hamo. J?rov. — "To fish with a golden hook." 



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To spare no sum however large in obtaining the object of 
our pursuit. A sa3ring much used by Augustus Caesar. 

Auri sacra fames Vieg. — " The cursed greed of gold." 

See Quid non mortalia, &c. 

Auribus teneo lupum. Tee. — " I hold a wolf by the ears." 
If I leave go he will destroy me, yet I shall not be able 
long to retain him. Somewhat similar to our English 
phrase of "catching a Tartar." An Irish soldier, under 
Prince Eugene, called out to his comrade, in a battle 
against the Turks, that he had caught a Tartar. " Bring 
him along then," said the other. " He won't come," was 
the reply. "Then come yourself." "But he won't let 
me,'* was the answer. 

Auro contra cedo modestum amatorem. Plaut. — " Find me 
a reasonable lover against his weight in gold." 

Auro loquente nihil pollet qucevis ratio. Prov. — " When, gold 
speaks, no reason is of the slightest avail.'* 

Auro pulsajides, auro vendliajura, 

Aurum lex seqmtur, mox sine lege pudor. Peop. 
— " By gold good faith is banished, the laws are put up to 
sale for gold, the law follows gold, and before long will 
modesty lose the protection of the laws." 

Aurum e stercore. — " Gold from a dunghill ;'* said of a thing 
which lies concealed where least expected. 

Aurum infortUnd invenitur, naturd ingenium bonum. Plaut. 
— " Gold is met ^lih. by luck, a good disposition is found 
by nature." 

Aurum omnes, victd jam pietdte, volunt. Peop. — " All men 
now long for gold, piety being overcome ;" in other words, 
" Money now only makes the man.** 

Aurum per medios ire satellites 

Et perrumpere amat saxa, potentiu^ 

Ictufulmmeo HoB. 

— " Gold delights to make its way through the midst of 
guards, and to break through stone waUs, more powerful 
than the thunderbolt." The poet alludes to the story of 
Jupiter and Danae. 

Aut amat, aut odit muTier ; nil est tertium. Ste. — " A 
woman either loves or hates ; there is no third part." 

Aut bibat, aut dbeat. — " Let each one drink or begone." The 
man who passes the bottle vrithout helping himself may 



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possibly take advantage of the unguarded expressions of 

those who are drinking more freely. 
Aut Ccesar aut nullum. — " Either Csesar or nobody." I will 

attain supreme eminence, or perish in the attempt. A 

saying of Julius Caesar. 
Aut hoc quod prodtixi testium satis est, aut nihil satis. — 

" Either this testimony which I have brought is sufficient, 

or nothing will suffice." 
Aut insdnit homo, aut versus facit. HoE. — " Either the man 

is mad, or is making verses." 
Aut non tentdris, aut perfice. Ovid. — " Either try not, or 

persevere." 

" Fain would I climb, but that I fear to fall," 

were the words written by Sir W. Kaleigh on a pane of 

glass : 

" K thy heart fails thee, why then climb at aU ?" 

was Queen Elizabeth's rejoinder. 
Aut petis, aut urges ruiturum S'lsyphe, saxum. Ovid. — " Tou, 

Sisyphus, either pursue or push forward the stone that is 

destined to faU back again." 
Aut potentior te, aut imhecillior Icesit : si imhecillior parce 

illi; si potentior tihi. Sen. — " He who injured thee was 

either stronger or weaker : if weaker, spare him ; if 

stronger, spare thyself." 
Aut prodesse volunt aut delectdre poetce, 

Aut simul etjucunda et idonea d'lcere vita. HoR. 

— " It is the wish of poets either to instruct or to amuse ; 

at the same time to inculcate what is agreeable and what 

is conducive to living well." 
Aut regem aut fatuum nasci oportuit. Prov. — " A man 

ought to be born a king or a fool." Idiots were in 

former times, and still are, in the East, held in the highest 

respect. The fools, or jesters, of kings and nobles, both in 

ancient times and the middle ages, were allowed the utmost 

licence ; and it was a common saying, that " Fools are 

fortunate." 
Aut virtus nomen inane est, 

Aut demis et pretium recte petit experiens vir. Hob. 

" Either virtue is an empty name, or the wise man rightly 

seeks it as his glory and reward." 
Autumnus — Libitlna ^uestus acerbce. Hob. — " Autumn — the 



harvest of the direful Libitina." Autumn was in ancient 
times, as now, accounted a sickly season, and Libitina was 
the patron goddess oi the poUinctores, or undertakers. 

Auxilia humilia Jlrma consensus facit. Labee. — " Concord 
gives strength to humble aids." Union imparts strength. 

Avdrus, nisi cum morUur, nil recte facit. — " A miser, until 
he dies, does nothing right." His heir, at all events, is 
apt to think, that his dying was the best action of his life. 

Avia PierWum perdgro loca, nullius ante 
Trita solo,juvat integros accedere fonteis 

Atque hau/rlre. Luceet. 

— " I wander through the retired retreats of the Muses, 
untrodden before by another foot ; I delight to approach 
their untouched fountain, and to drink thereof." 

Avtda estpericuU Virtus, et quo tendat non quid passHra sit 
cogltat. Sen. — " Virtue courts danger, and considers what 
it may accomplish, not what it may suffer." 

Avidis natura parvm est. Sen. — " The bounty of nature is 
too little for the greedy man." 

Avitus apto 

Oum tare fundus. Hoe. 

— " A farm inherited from my ancestors, with a suitable 

dwelling." Horace here describes his Sabine farm. 



B. 

Balnea, vina, Venv^ corrumpunt corpora nostra; 
Sed vitam faciunt balnea, vina, Venus. 

Epitaph in Oruter's Monumenfa. 
— " Baths, wine, and Venus cause our bodies to decay : but 
baths, wine, and Venus make up the sum of life." 
" Wine, women, warmth, against our lives combine, 
But what were life without warmth, women, vdne ?" 

BarbcB tenus sdpientes. Prov. — " Philosophers as far as 
beard." Ironically said of persons who, by assuming grave 
manners, wish to pass themselves off for men of learning. 

Bastardus nullius est filius, aut fUius popitli. Law Maxim. — 
"A bastard is the son of no man, in other words, the son 
of the public." A bastard, not being bom in wedlock, bis 

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I 



father is not reco^ised as such by the law ; but, as an in- 
dividual, the public laws protect his life and property. 

Sedti immaculdti in via. — " Blessed are the undefiled in the 
way." The commencing words of the 119th Psalm. 

JBedti monoculi in regione c(Bcdrum. — " Happy are the one- 
eyed in the country of the blind." All things ought to 
be judged of comparatively ; and, whatever may be the 
extent of our misfortunes, there will still be found some- 
thing for consolation. 

Bedtissmtis is est, qui est apttis ex sese, quiqtie in se uno 
sua ponit omnia. Cio. — " He is the most happy who is 
self-prepared, and who centres all his resources in him- 
self." 

JBedtus ille qui procul negotiis, 
Tit prisca gens mortdlium, 
Baterna rura hobus exercet suis. 
Solfitus omnifoemre. Hos. 

— " Happy the man who, remote from business, after the 
manner of the ancient race of mortals, cultivates his pa- 
ternal lands with his own oxen, disengaged from all 
usury." 

JBedtus qui est, non intelllgo quid requJrat ut sit hedtior. 
Cic. — " I do not see why he who is already happy, needs 
seek to be happier." 

Bella ! horrida bella ! Vibg. — " War ! horrid war ! " 

Bella matribu^ detestdta. Hob. — " War, so* detested by mo- 
thers." 

Bella — nullos Tiabitura triumpJios. LtrcAN. — "Wars which 
will leave no cause for triumph." Most truly said of civil 
war. 

Bella suscipienda sunt oh earn causam^ ut sine injuria in 
pace vivdtur. Cio. — " Wars are to be undertaken in order 
that we may live in peace without suffering wrong." 

Belle narras. — " You tell a very pretty story." Said ironi- 
cally. 

Bellua multorum capitwm. — "The many-headed monster." 
The mob. 

Bellum ita suscipidtur, ut nihil dliud nisi pax qiuBStta vi- 
dedtur. Cic. — " War should be so engaged in, that no- 
thing but peace should appear to be aimed at." 



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Bellum nee timendum nee provocandum. Pliny the Younger. 

" War ought neither to be dreaded, nor provoked." 

Bene dormit, qui non sentit qzmm male dormiat. Syrus. 

" He sleeps well who does not perceive how badly he has 
slept/. 

Bene est cui I>eus obtulit 

Pared quod satis est manu. Hoe. 

— " Happy for him, to whom God has given enough with 

a sparing hand." 
Bene ferre onagnam 

Disce fortdnam. Hob. 

— " Learn to support your good fortune with moderation." 
Bene merenti bene proftierit, male merenti par erit. Plaut. 

~" To the well-deserving God will show favour, to the 

ill-deserving will he give like for like." 
Bene nummatum decorat Suadela Venusque. Hoe. — " Love 

and compliance * favour the wealthy suitor." 
Bene si amlcoficeris, ne pYgeatficisse, 

Ut potius p udeat si non ficeris. Plaut. 

— " If you have conferred a favour upon your friend, repent 

not of having done so ; rather feel that you would have 

been ashamed had you not done so." 
Benefacta male locdta, malefacta arb^itror. Cic. — "Favours 

injudiciously conferred I consider injuries." Nothing is 

more injurious to .the common good, than indiscriminate 

charity, or profuse indulgence. 
Beneficia dare qui nescit injuste petit. Sye. — " He who knows 

not how to bestow a benefit, is unreasonable if he expects 



one. 



Benejicia plura redpit qui scit reddere. Sye. — " He receives 
most favours, who knows how to make a proper return." 

Benejicia usque eo Iceta sunt dum videntur exsolvi posse ; uhi 

multum antevenere, pro gratia odium reddltur. Tacit. 

" Benefits are only acceptable so long as we think we may 
requite them ; but when they exceed the possibility of so 
doing, hatred is returned instead of gratitude." This 
maxim, it is to be hoped, is not of general acceptation, but 
applies to the exception, and not the rule. If universally 
acted on, the world would soon be a dreary wilderness. 
See JEs debitorem, &c. 

• Suadela, or Suada, the goddess of persuasion. 



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Seneficium accvpere libertdtem vendere est. Labee. — " To ac- 
cept an obligation is to barter your liberty." 
Beneficium dignis uhi des, omnes obliges. Ste. — "Where 
you confer a benefit, worthy of it, the obligation is ex- 
tended to all." 
Beneficium invito non datur. Brov. — " A benefit conferred 
on a churl is no benefit." The phrase may also mean 
that a benefit conferred with an ill grace is no benefit. 
Benejicium meminisse debet is^ in quern collocdta sunt; non 
commemordre qui contulit. Cic. — " He ought to remember 
benefits on whom they are conferred; he who confers 
them ought not to mention them." 
Benejicium non in eo quod jit aut datur const^tit, sed in ipso 
facientis aut dantis ammo : ammus est enim qui bene/l- 
ciis dat pretium. Sen. — " A benefit consists not in that 
which is done or given, but in the spirit in which it is 
done or given ; for it is the spirit which gives all the value 
to the benefit." 
Benejicium scepe dare, docere est reddere. Ste. — " Often 
to confer a benefit is to teach how to make a return." In 
giving to others, we teach them to be charitable. 
Beneficus est qui non sui, sed alt^rius causa benigne facit, 
Cic. — " He is beneficent who acts kindly, not for his own 
sake, but to serve another." Disinterestedness is the soul 
of benevolence. 
Benignior sententia in verbis generdUbus seu dubiis est prcB- 
Jerenda. Coke. — "In cases where general or doubtful 
words are employed, the more merciful construction is to 
be preferred." 
Benigndas qum constat ex opera et industrid honestior est^ 
et latius patet, et prodesse potest plur7bus. Cic. — " That 
bounty, the essence of which is works and industry, is 
more honourable and more extended in its results, and has 
the power of benefiting more largely." The distinction 
between active charity and the mere bestowal of money. 
Benignus etiam dandi causam cogitat. Brov. — " Even the be- 
nignant man takes into consideration the grounds of his 
liberality." Indiscriminate bounty is as baneful as ava- 
rice. See Benejacta male, &c. 
Bibere papdliter. — " To drink like a pope." A mediaeval ex- 
pression. 



BIS— BON. 



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Bis dat qui cito dat. Alciatus. — " He gives twice who gives 
in time." The value of a service depends very much upon 
the grace and promptness with which it is done. See Inopi 
benejicium, &c., Gratia ab, &c. 

Bis est gratvm quod opus est, si ultro qff^ras. Ste. — " That 
is doubly acceptable, which is spontaneously ofiered when 
we stand in need." " A friend in need is a friend indeed." 

Bis interimitur qui suis armis perit. Ste. — " He dies 
twice who perishes by his own arms." Misfortunes are 
doubly bitter when caused by ourselves. 

Bis peccdre in bello non licet. Brov. — " It is not permitted 
to err twice in war." Errors in war are often irre- 
trievable, and leave no opportunity for a repetition. 

Bis pueri senes. Brov. — " Old men are twice children." 
Said in reference to the years of dotage. " Once a man, 
twice a child." 

Bis vincit qui se vincit in victoria. Ste. — " He conquers 
twice, who, when a conqueror, conquers himself." 

BlandcB mendacia linguce. — " The lies of a flattering tongue." 

Bcebtwm in crasso jurdres aere natum. Hoe. — " You would 
swear he was born in the dense atmosphere of Boeotia." 
The inhabitants of Boeotia, in Greece, were said to be re- 
markable for extraordraary stupidity. Their country, how- 
ever, produced Pindar and Epaminondas. 

Bombdlio, clangor, stridor, taratantara, murmu/r. — Words de- 
scriptive of a hubbub, or charivari. — " Oh what a row, 
what a rumpus, and a rioting ! " as the song says. 

Bona bonis contingunt. — " Blessings befall the good." 

Bondjide.—'' In good faith." 

Bona malls paria non sunt, etiam pari numero ; nee IcetUia 
ulla mmtmo mcerore pensa/nda. Plint the Elder. — " The 
blessings of life do not equal its ills, although even in 
number ; nor can any pleasure compensate for even the 
slightest pain." The sentiment of a melancholy mind, 
which looks on the dark side of things. 

Bona nemtni hora est, ut non alicui sit mala. Ste. — " There 
is no hour good for one man but that it is bad for another." 
" One man's loss is another man's gain." 

Bona notabilia. Law Term. — " Known goods." Goods be- 
yond the value of five pounds left by a person deceased, in 
any other diocese than that in which he died. 



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BON. 



BoncB leges malts ex morihtis procreantur. Maceob. — " Good 
laws grow out of evil acts." 

Bondrum rerum consuetudo pesslma est. Sye. — " The con- 
stant enjoyment of good things is most hurtful." Ha- 
bitual indulgence in luxuries is prejudicial ; by constant 
repetition the taste becomes cloyed, and all sense of en- 
joyment lost. 

Boni nullo emolumento impelluntur in fraudem, imprdhi S(Bpe 
parvo. Cic. — " Good men are never induced to commit 
fraud by any gain whatsoever ; the bad often by a very 
little." ^ ^ 

JBoni pastoris est tondire pecus non degluhere. Sueton. — " It 
is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to 
flay them." A saying of Tiberius Caesar, in reference to 
excessive taxation. 

Boni vt'ndtoris est plures feras capere non omnes. — " It is 
the business of a good sportsman to take much game, 
not all." From Notes to Hoeace, by Nennius. 

Boni viri omnes aquitdtem ipsam amant. CiC. — *' All good 
men love justice for its own sake." 

Bonis avihus. — "With good omens." 

Bonis inter honos quasi necessaria est henevolentia. CiC. — 
" Between good men there is a necessary interchange, as 
it were, of good feeling." 

Bonis nocet quisquis pepercerit malts. Sye. — " He injures 
the good, who spares the wicked." Misplaced sympathy is 
an injury committed against society. 

Bonis quod henPfit hand perit. Plaut. — " A kindness done 
to the good is never lost." Good deeds are never ill- 
bestowed. 

Bono ingPnio me esse omdtam^ quam aura multo mavSlo, 
Plaut. — " I had much rather that I was adorned with a 
good disposition than with gold." 

Bonum ego quam hedtum me esse nimio did mavolo. Plaut. 
— " I would much rather be called good than fortunate." 

Bonum est fugienda aspicPre in aliPno malo. Sye. — " It is 
well to see what to avoid in the misfortunes of others." 

Bonum est, pauxillum amdre sane, inmne non honum est. 
Plaut. — "It is good to love in a moderate degree ; to love 
to distraction is not good." 

Bonum magis carendo quam fruendo sentitur. Brav. — " A 



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good is more valued when we are in want of it, than when 
we enjoy it." The value of good health is only truly 
estimated by the sick man. 
-Bonum summum quo tendlmus omnes. Luceet. — " That 



ultimate good at which we all aim." 

Bonus animits in mala re dimidium est mali. Plaut. — " Good 
courage in a bad case is half of the evil got over." 

Bonus ardtor agricultione se ohlectat, cultu scepe defatigdtur, 
culturd ditescit. Cic. — " A good husbandman takes delight 
in agriculture ; he is often wearied with his labours, but 
by culture he gets rich." 

Bonus atquejidus 

Judex honestum prcetulit utili. Hoe. 
— " A good and faithful judge prefers the honest to the ex- 
pedient." 

Bonus dux honum reddit miTitem. Prov. — " A good general 
makes good soldiers." 

Bonus judex secundum wquvm et honum jttdlcat, et cequitd^ 
tern strictcB legi prcefert. Coke. — "A^ood judge gives 
judgment according to what is equitable and right, and 
prefers an equitable construction to the strict letter of 
the law." 

Bos alienus suhinde prospectat foras. Brov. — " The strange 
ox repeatedly looks to the door." Significant of that love 
of home which pervades the animated creation. 

Bos fortius fatigdtus jigit pedem, Brov. — " The wearied ox 
treads the surest." 

Bos in lingua. — " An ox on his tongue." Said of a man who 
had been bribed, as the Athenians had money stamped 
with the figure of an ox. 

Breve tempus cetdtis satis est longum ad hene honesteque viven- 
dum. Cic. — " A short life is long enough for us to live 
well and honestly." 

Brevi manu. — " With a short hand." Off-hand, in a sum- 
mary manner. 

Brevis esse lahoro, 

Obscurusjlo. HoE. 

— " While I endeavour to be brief, I become obscure." 
Said of authors who, aiming at conciseness, give their 
readers credit for knowing too much. The exclamation of 
Thomas Warton, on accidentally snuffing out a candle. 



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BEE— CAL. 



Brevis ipsa vita est, sed malls sit longior. Ste. — " Life itself 
is short, but it may last longer than your misfortunes." 
Somewhat similar to our proverb, " It is a long lane that 
has no turning." 

Brevis voluptas mox doloris est parens. — " Short-lived pleasure 
is the parent of speedy sorrow." 

Brutum fulmen. — "A harmless thunderbolt." Big words ; 
the groans of the mountains when they were defivered of 
the mouse. 

0. 

Cacoethes,—" A bad habit." This is a Greek word Latinized, 
which has been adopted in other languages. 

Cacotthes carpendi. — "An itch for finding fault," or "carp- 
ing at." 

Cacoethes scrihendi. — " An itch for scribbling." 

Cadit qiKsstio. A phrase in Logic. — " There is an end of 
the question." The matter requires no further investi- 
gation. See Casus qiicestionis. 

C(sca invidia est, nee quidquam aliud scit quam detrectdre 
virtutes. LiVY. — " Envy is blind, and knows not how to do 
aught but detract from the virtues of others." 

C(£ci sunt oculi, cum animus res alias agit. Stb. — " The eyes 
are blind, when the mind is intent upon something else." 

CiBcus non judicat de colore. — " A blind man is no judge of 
colours." 

CcBsarem portas, etfortunas ejus. — "Thou earnest Caesar and 
his fortune." Said by Caesar to the pilot in the tempest. 

Ccetera desunt. — " The rest is wanting." 

Ccstera quis nescit ? Ovid.—" The rest who knows not ?" 

Calamltas querula est et superha felicUas. CuiiT. — " Ad- 
versity is complaining, and prosperity proud." 

Calamitosus est animus futuri anaHus. Sen. — " The mind 
that is anxious about future events, is miserable." 

Campos uhi Trojafuit. Lucan. — " The fields where Troy 

once stood." 

Callidos eos appello, quorum tanquam manus op^re sic animus 
usu concalluit. Cic— " I call those experienced, whose 
minds become strengthened just as the hands are hard- 
ened by labour." 



CAL— CAJSr. 



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Calumnidre forttter, aliquid adhcsrehity — " Slander stoutly; 
some of it will stick." 

Calumnidri si quis autem voluerit, 

Quod arhores loquantur, non tantumferce ; 
Fictis jocdri nos memtneritjabulis. PHiED. 
— " But if any one shall think fit to cavil, because not only 
wild beasts, but even trees speak, let him remember that 
we are disporting in the language of fable." 
" 'Tis clear that birds were always able 
To hold discourse, at least in fable." Cowpee. 

Cameliis desiderans corntia etiam aures perdtdit. Brov. — 
" The camel begging for horns lost its ears as well." We 
should be thankful for the faculties with which Providence 
has endowed us, and not wish for those which are incon- 
sistent with our condition. 

Camelus saltat. Brov. — " The camel is dancing." Said of a 
person doing something quite repugnant to his ordinary 
habits. 

Candida me capiet, capiet me flava puella. Ovid. — "The 
blonde will charm me, the brunette will charm me 
too." 

Candida pax homines, trux decet ira feras. Ovid. — " Pair 
peace becomes human beings, savage fury wild beasts." 

Candida, perpetuo reside, concordia, lecto, 
Jamque pari semper sit Venus cequa jugo : 
Dillgat ilia senem quondam ; sed et ipsa marito, 
Tunc quoque cum fuerit, 7ion videatur anus. Mae. 
— "Pair concord, ever attend their bed, and may Venus ever 
prove auspicious to the well-matched pair ; may she at a 
future day love her old man ; and may she, even when 
she is so, not appear to her husband to be aged." 

Candidas in nautd turpis color : cdquoris undd 
Debet et a rddiis slderis esse niger. Ovid. 

— " A fair complexion is unbecoming in a sailor ; he ought 
to be swarthy, from the spray of the sea and the rays of the 



sun. 



Candor dat virthus alas. — " Candour imparts wings to 

strength." 
Canes socium in culind nullum amant. Brov. — "Dogs love 

no companion in the kitchen." See Figulus, &c., and Una 

domus, &c. 



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CAN— CAP. 



Canes tlnudi veJiemenfius latrant quam mordent. Q. CuRT. 

" With cowardly dogs, the bark is worse than the bite." 
Canlna facundia. — "Dog eloquence." Mentioned by Quin- 
tilian as that kind of eloquence which distinguished itself 
in snarling at others. See Littera canina. 
Canisfest'inans ccecos parit catulos. Prov. — "The bitch, in 
making too much haste, brings forth her whelps blind." 
Said of persons who are in too great a hurry to put the 
finishing stroke to what they have undertaken. 
Cantdhit vacuus coram latrone viator. Juv. — " The traveller 
with empty pockets, will sing in presence of the robber." 
He who has nothing to lose is in no fear of being robbed. 
Cantantes licet usque (minus via Icedet) edmus. Vieg. — " Let 
us sing as we travel on, the journey w^ill be all the less 
tedious." 
Cantat, et ad nautas ehria verba jacit. Ovid. — "He sings 

aloud and cracks his drunken jokes upon the sailors." 
Cantat vinctus quoque compedefossor^ 
IndocUi numero cum grave mollit opus. 
Cantat et innltens limdsce promts arenoe, 
Adverso tardam qui trahit amne ratem. Ovid. 
— " The miner, chained with the fetter, sings as he lightens 
his heavy labours with his untaught numbers ; and the 
man sings, who strives as he bends forward on the oozy 
sand, while he drags the slow barge against the tide." 
Cantdte Bommo. — " O sing unto the Lord (a new song)." 

Beginning of the 98th Psalm. 
Cantilenam eandem canis. Tee. — " Tou are singing the 
same tune." Like our expression, " You are always harp- 
ing on one string." 
Cnp^ias. Law Term. — " Tou may take " the body of the de- 
fendant, under either a 
Cdptas ad respondendum. Law Term. — " Tou may take him to 
make answer." A writ issued to take the defendant and 
make him answer to the complaint, — or a 
Capias ad satisfaciendum. Law Term. — " Tou may take him to 
satisfy." " A writ of execution on a judgment obtained, 
commanding the officer to imprison the defendant until 
satisfaction is made for the debt recovered against him." 
Captantes capti sumus. — "We catchers are caught." "The 
biter is bitten." 



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Capistrum maritdle. Jmr. — " The noose matrimonial." 

CapUa aut navem ? — " Head or ship ?" Or as we say, " Head 
or tail." " Cross or pile ?" The copper coins of Kome had 
on one side the double head of Janus, on the other the 
figure of a ship. 

Capitis nives, HoE. — " The snows of the head." Wbite 
hair. 

Captum te nidore suce putat ille cullnce. Juv. — " He thinks 
lie has caught you with the fumes of his kitchen." He 
thinks that you will submit to anything for a good dinner. 

Caput artis est^ decere quod facias. Prov. — "It is the per- 
fection of good management, to let all that you do be be- 
coming." Every one should endeavour to act in a manner 
becoming to his age and position. 

Caput mortuum. — " The dead head." A term used in chemis- 
try, meaning the residuimi of a substance that has been 
acted on by heat.^ By punsters the term has been applied 
to a blockhead. 

Caput mundi. — "The head of the world." The designa- 
tion of ancient Eome in the days of her splendour. It is 
stiU applied, by Eoman Catholics, to modern Eome, as the 
see 01 the head of their religion. 

Carafuit, conjtur, primce mihi cura juveutw 

Cognita ; nunc ubi sit qtujeritis ? Jjfma tegit. Ovid. 
— " I once had a dear wife, known as the choice of my early 
youth. Do you ask where she is now ? The urn covers 
ner." Lines full of pathos. 

Carbbne notdre. — " To mark with charcoal." To place a 
black line against the name of a person was to signify dis- 
approval. 

Caret insidiis Twrmnum, quia mitts ^ hirundo. OviD. — 

" The swaUow is exempt from the snares of men, because 
it is gentle." 

Caret periculo. qui etiam cum est tutus cavet. Ste. — " He is 
secure against danger who, even when in safety, is on his 
guard." This caution must however be used, without be- 
ing over anxious about the future. See " Calamitosus 
est^'^ &c. 

Cari sunt parentes, cari liberi, propinqui, familidres ; sed 
omnes omnium caritdtes patriu una complexa est. Ci(3. — 
•** Dear are our parents, dear our chilien, our relatives, 



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CAB— CAS. 



our friends; but our country in itself embraces all of these 
affections." 

Caritdte benevolentidque subldta, omnis est e vita subldta jii- 
cundltas. Cic. — " Charity and benevolence removed, all 
the delights of life are withdrawn." 

Carmen triumphdle. — "A song of triumph." 

Carnuna nil prosunt ; nocuerunt carmma quondam. Otid. — 
" Yerses are of no use ; verses once did me harm." 

Carmine Jit vivax virtits ; expersque sepulcri, 
Notitiam serce posteritdtis hahet, Ovid. 

— " By verse is virtue made immortal ; and, secure from 
death, it thereby obtains the notice of late posterity. " 

Carni vale. — "Adieu to flesh." Hence the Carnival of the 
Eomish Church, the beginning of Lent. 

Carpe diem qudm minime credUla postero. HoE. — " Seize 
upon to-day, trusting as little as possible in the morrow." 
The poet says this in conformity with the Epicurean 
maxim, " Eat, drink, and be merry, for to-morrow we die ;" 
but it may admit of a more extended and more useful ap- 
plication, and teach us not to put off till to-morrow what 
may be done to-day. 

Casetts est nequam quia concoquit omnia secnm. Med. Aphor. 
-— " Cheese is injurious, because it digests all things with 
itself." The saying is at the present day, that cheese 
digests all things hut itself. 

Caseus est sanus quern dat avdra manus. Aphorism of the 
School of Health at Salerno. — " Cheese, when given with 
a sparing hand, is wholesome." 

Cassis tutissma virtus. — "Virtue is the safest helmet." 
Motto of the Marquis of Cholmondeley. 

Casta ad virum matrona parendo imperat. Ste. — " A virtuous 
wife, by obeying her husband, gains the command over him." 

CdLStor gaudet equis, ovo prognatus eodem 

Fugnis.-- HoB. 

— " Castor delights in horses, he that was bom from the 
same egg^ in boxing." All men have their own peculiar 
tastes. 

Casus belli. — " A cause for war." 

Casus in eventu est. Ovin. — " The result is doubtful." 

Casus omissus. Law Term. — " A case omitted." A case for 
which provision was not made in the statute under con- 



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sideration, either from neglect, or from the fact of its an- 
tecedent improbability. 

Castts qucdstionis. — " Loss of question." In Logic, this means 
the failure to maintain a position. This is most probably 
what is alluded to in a passage of Shakspeare, which has 
so puzzled his commentators, 

" As I subscribe not these nor any other, 
But in the loss of question." 

Measure for Measure, A. ii. s. 4. 

Casv^ quern scepe transit, aliquando inv^nit. Ste. — " He 
whom misfortune has often passed by, is by it at last 
assailed." Good fortune, however long continued, is no 
pledge of future security. " The pitcher that goes oft to 
the well gets broken at last." 

Casu^ ublque valet ; semper tibi pendeat hamus. 
Quo minime credos gurglte, piscis erit. Otid. 
— " Chance is powerful everywhere ; let your hook be al- 
ways hanging ready. In waters where you least think it, 
there will be a fish." 

Cato mirdri se aiebat, quod non rideret aruspex aruspicem 
cum videret. Cic. — " Cato used to say that he was sur- 
prised that one soothsayer could keep his countenance 
when he saw another." In allusion to the barefaced 
manner in which they imposed upon the credulity of the 
multitude. 

CdtulcB dominas imitantes. Trov. — " Puppies imitating their 
mistresses." Said of servants affecting the state and 
grandeur of their masters, and acting "high life below 
stairs." 

Catus amat pisces, sed non vult tingere plant as. — " Puss loves 
fish, but is loth to wet her feet." It wisely " lets ' I dare 
not ' wait upon * I would.' /* A mediaeval adage. 

CaudcB pilos equino pauldtim oportet evellere. Prov. — " Tou 
must pluck out the hairs of a horse's tail one by one." 
Many things can be effected by patience and persever- 
ance, which are proof against the efforts of violence and 
precipitation. 

Causa latet, vis est notissima. Otid. — " The cause lies hid, 
the power is most evident.'* The evil is unseen, but its 
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Causam lianc justam esse in arumum inducitey 

Ut aliqua pars lahoris minudtur mihi. Tee. 

— " For my sake come to the conclusion that this request is 

fair, that so some portion of my labour may be abridged." 

Cautus enim metuit fuveam lupus, accipiterque 

Suspectos laqueos, et opertum miluus Jiamum. HoE. 
— " For the cautious wolf dreads the pit, the hawk the sus- 
pected snare, and the fish the concealed hook." 

Cave a signdtis. — "Beware of those who are branded." 
Avoid bad company. 

Cave ne quid stulte, ne quid tem^re, dicas aut facias contra po- 
tentes. Cic. — " Beware that you neither say nor do any- 
thing rashly against the powerful." 

Cave sis te superdre servum siris faciendo hene. Plaxjt. — 
" Take care that you do not let your servant excel you in 
doing well." 

Cave tibi a cane muto et aqud silenti. JProv. — " Have a care 
of a silent dog and a still water." 

Caveat emptor ; qui ignordre non dehuit quod jus alienum 
emit. Law Maxim. — " Let the buyer be on his guard : for 
he ought not to plead ignorance that he is buying the 
right of another." He is bound to take all reasonable 
precautions in such a case, and will be supposed to have 
seen all patent defects. 

Cavendum est ne assentatorihu^ patefacidmus aures. CiC. — 
" We must be careful not to give ear to flatterers." 

Cavendum est ne major poena, qtiam culpa, sit ; et ne iisdem 
de causis alii plectantur, alii ne appellentur quidem. Cic. 
— " Care must be taken that the penalty does not exceed 
the fault, and that some are not punished for the same 
offences for which others are not so much as called upon 
to answer." 

Cedant arma togae, concedat laurea lingua. Cio. — " Let the 
sword give place to the gown, the laurel yield to the 
tongue." Let violence give place to law and justice, the 
sword of the conqueror to the eloquence of the orator. 

Cedant carmmtbiis reges, regumqus triumphi. Ovid. — " Let 
kings, and the triumphs of kings, yield to verse." 

Gedat uti convlva satur — Hoe. — " Like a well-filled 

guest, let him depart (from life)." See Cur non^ &c. 



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Cede Deo. Vieq. — " Yield to God." Submit to the decrees 
of Providence. 

Cede repugnanti ; cedendo victor abibis, Ovid. — " Give way 
to your opponent ; by yielding you will come off victo- 
rious." A prudent concession will often secure for us 
greater advantages than an obstinate assertion of our 
rights. 

CPdUe Bmndni scriptores, cedtte Graii. Peop. — " Yield, ye 
Roman writers ; give way, ye Greeks :" ironically applied 
to a conceited scribbler, such for instance as Zoilus, the 
sour critic of Homer. 

Cedv/nt grammatici, vincuntur rhetores. JiJT. — " The gram- 
marians give way, the rhetoricians are vanquished." 

Celsce graviore casu 

Decidunt turres. Hoe. 

— " Lofty towers fall down with the greatest crash." The 

greater the elevation, the heavier the fall. 

Centum doctuni hominum consUia sola hsc devincit dea For- 
tuna. Plaut. — " This goddess, Fortune, unaided, prevails 
over the plans of a hundred learned men." 

Centum solatia cured 

Et rus, et coniites, et via long a dabunL OviD. 

— " The country, and companions, and the length of the 

journey, will afford a thousand solaces for your cares." 

Cepi corpus. Law Term. — "I have taken the body." The 
return made by the sheriff upon a capias, or other similar 
process. 

Ctrerem pro frug^bus, Libervmpro vino, NeptHnumpro mart, 
Curiam pro sendtu, Campwm pro comitiis, togam pro pace, 
arma ac tela pro bello appelldre solent. Cic. — " They are 
in the habit of using the word * Ceres ' for fruits, * Ba<;- 
chus ' for wine, * Neptune ' for the sea, * Curia ' for the 
senate, * Campus ' (Martins) for civic elections, * Toga ' 
for peace, and ' arms ' and * weapons ' for war." Examples 
of the figure Metonymy. 

Ceretis in vitiumflecti, monitoribu^ asper. Hoe. — " (Youth), 
pliable as wax to the bent of vice, rough to its reprovers." 

Cernis, ut igndvum corrumpant otia corpus ; 

Ut capiant vUiumi, ni moveantur, aqu<s. OviD. 

— " X ou see how ease enervates the slothful body ; how 

water contracts a taint if it remains unmoved." 



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Cernite sim qualis ; qui modo qualis eram. Ovid. — " Behold 
wliat I am ; and what I was but a little while ago !" 

Cemuntur in agendo virtHtes. Cic— " The virtues of a man 
are seen in his actions." 

Certa amittmus, dum incerta pMmus. Plaut. — " "We lose 
what is certain, while we are seeking what is uncertain.''^ 

Certa suntpaucis. Frcrv. — " There is certainty in few words." 
This, however, may admit of some doubt. 

Certe egofecissem, nee sum sapientior illo. OyiD. — "At all 
events I should have done so, and I am no wiser than he.'* 

Certe ignordtio futurbrum mdlorum utilior est quam scientia. 
Cic. — " Assuredly the ignorance of future evils is prefer- 
able to the knowledge of them." To much the same 
effect as our proverb, " What the eye don't see the heart 
don't grieve." "Where ignorance is bliss," &c. 

Certiorari. Law Term. — "To be made more certain." A 
writ from the Court of Chancery, or Queen's Bench, com- 
manding the judges of the inferior courts to certify or to 
return the records of a cause pending before them. 

Certis rebus certa signa prcecurrunt. Cic. — " Certain signs 
precede certain events." This reminds us of Campbell's 
fine, " Coming events cast their shadow before." 

Certum est quod certum reddi potest. Coke. — "That is cer- 
tain which is capable of being made certain." 

Certum voto petejinem. Hoe. — " To your wishes fix a 

certain end." 

Cervij luporum prceda rapdcium, 
Sectdmur ultro, quos opimus 
Fallere et effugere est triumphus. HoB. 

" We, like stags, the prey of rapacious wolves, follow of 

our own accord those, whom to deceive and escape would 
be a signal triumph." 

Cessante causa, cessat et effectus. Coke. — "The cause re- 
moved, the effect ceases also." 

Chius doTiiinum emit:' Frov. — "The Chian buys himself a 
master." This adage was used in reference to those who 
bring calamities on themselves. When Chios was con- 
quered by Mithridates, he delivered the inhabitants into 
the hands of the slaves, whom they themselves had im- 
ported. 

Christe eleison.^" Christ have mercy upon us." Latinized 



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Greek, used in the service of the Eomish Church. See 
Kyrie eleison. 

Chronica si penses, cu/m pugnant Oxonienses, 
Fost paucos menses, volat ira per Angliginenses. 
— " If you examine the chronicles, when the Oxford men 
fall out, within a few months the strife will fly throughout 
all England." A monkish Leonine proverb in reference 
to the numerous strifes and dissensions which arose at 
Oxford during the middle ages. 

Circuitus verborum. — "A round-about expression." A ram- 
bling story. 

Cttiv^ quam aspardgi coquuntur. Frov. — " Quicker than you 
could cook asparagus." A proverb frequently used by the 
emperor Augustus, when he wanted anything to be done 
instantly. 

Cititis venit periculum cum contemnitur. Sye. — " When 
danger is despised, it overtakes us all the sooner." An 
enemy despised is the most dangerous enemy of all. 

Cito maturum cito putr^dum. — "Soon ripe, soon rotten." A 
proverb in dispraise of precocity. See Odi puerulos, &c. 

Cito scribendo non Jit ut bene scribdtur, bene scribendo Jit ut 
ciib. QtJiNTiL. — " In writing readily, it does not follow 
that you write well, but in writing well, you must be able 
to write readily." See Sat cito, &c. 

Citra pulverem. — "Without dust," i. e. "without labour." 
The ancient wrestlers, after anointing themselves, sprin- 
kled their bodies with fine dust, to stop the pores and 
prevent exhaustion by too great perspiration. 

Cives magistrdtibus pdreant, magistrdtus legibus. — " Let the 
citizens obey the magistrates, the magistrates the laws." 

Civitas ea autem in libertdte est posita, quce suis stat viribus, 
non ex alieno arbitrio pendet. LiVT. — " That nation is 
in the enjoyment of liberty which stands by its otvh 
strength, and does not depend on the will of another.'* 

Clamdto, Meus est hie ager, ille tuus. OviD. — " Cry aloud, 
* This is my land, that is yours.' " 

Clarum et venerdbile nomen 

Gentibu^s, et multum nostrcs quod prbderat urbi. LtrCAlf. 
— " A name illustrious and revered by nations, and one that 
has advantaged our city much." Said of Cato of Utica. 

Claudicantis conversatidne utens, ipse quoque claudicare disces, 

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52 CLA— COO. 

Prcyv. — " Associate with the lame and you will learn to 
limp." To the same effect as the line quoted by St. Paul 
from the Greek, " Evil communications corrupt good man- 
We have a very similar proverb, " TeU me your 



ners. 



company, and I will tell you what you are. 

Claudlte jam vivos, sat prata hiherunt. ViRO. — " Now close 
your streams, the meadows have imbibed enough." Al- 
luding to irrigation of the fields, but figuratively mean- 
ing, "Cease the song," or "conversation," as the case 
may be. 

ClaustiM fregit. Law Term. — " He broke into my en- 
closure." An action of trespass committed on lands or 
tenements. 

Clavam extorquere Herculi. Prov. — " To wrest his club from 
Hercules." To attempt to do a thing which is far beyond 
our capacity. 

ClericttSj vel addiscens. — " Either a clerk, or learning to be 
one." A mediaeval expression, used with reference to a 
man who vdshes to appear very knowing. 

Clodius accusat moechos. Prov. — " Clodius accuses the adul- 
terers." Clodius himself was one of the greatest profli- 
gates of his age. Hence these words became a proverb, 
like our saying, "The devil rebukes sin." 

Coelo tegitur qui nan habet urnrnn. — " He is covered by the 
heavens who has no urn." 

Ccelwrn ipstim petimus stultitid. Hoe. — " We aim at heaven 
even in our folly." Said in allusion to the Fable of the 
G-iants attemptmg to seize heaven, and the restless spirit 
of man. 

Coelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt. Hob. 
— " Those who cross the sea, change their clime but not 
their character." 

Coepisti melius quam destnis ; ultima primis 
Cedunt : dissimiles hie vir, et ille puer. Ovid. 
— " With more honour didst thou begin, than thou dost 
close ; the last scene faUs short of the first : how unlike 
the present man and the child of that day!" 

Ccetus dulcesy valete! — Catul. — "Happy meetings, fare 
yeweU!" 

Chgenda mens est ut incipiat. Sen. — " The mind must be 
excited to make a beginning." The great difficulty in 



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most things is how to make a beginning, hence the saying, 
"A thing begun, is half done." 

Cogi qui potest nescit mori. Sen. — " He who can be com- 
pelled knows not how to die." A man who, upon com- 
pulsion, will do that which is dishonourable, is afraid to 
meet death, the other alternative. 

CogitdtOj mus pv^illus quam sit sapiens hestia, 
jEtdtem qui uni cubili nunquam committit suam. Platjt. 
— " Consider the little mouse, what a sagacious animal it 
is, for it never intrusts its life to one hole only." 

Cogndtio movet invidiam. Prov. — "Relationship gives rise 
to envy." We are more apt to envy the good fortune of 
our relatives than that of strangers. 

Cognovit actionem. Law Term. — " He has confessed the ac- 
tion." The case is so called where a defendant confesses 
the plaintiff's cause against him to be true, and suffers 
judgment to be entered against him without trial. 

Collectumque fremens volvit sub ndribus ignem. Vieo. — " And 
snorting, rolls the volumes of fire beneath his nostrils." 

Colubram in sinu fovere. — " To cherish a serpent in one's 
bosom." To admit into your confidence a false friend, or 
as we call him, " a snake in the grass." 

Comes jucundus in via pro vehiculo est. Ste. — " A pleasant 
companion, upon a journey, is as good as a carriage." 
Because he will shorten the journey by beguiling the 
time. 

Comis et hmndnus erga alios. Cio. — " One courteous and 
humane towards others." 

Comis in uj:drem Hoe. — " A man attentive to his wife." 

Comitas inter gentes. — " Comity between nations . ' ' Courtesy 
in their intercourse, and consideration for the interests 
and feelings of each other. It is this comity that renders 
sacred between belligerents the flag of truce. 

Gommodumi ex injuria sua nemo habere debet. Law Maxim. — 
" No man ought to derive advantage from his own wrong." 

Commotd fervet plebecula bile. Pees. — "Its anger 

moved, the rabble is excited." 

Commune bonum. — " A common good.'* 

Commune periculum concordiam parit. — " A common danger 
produces unanimity." 

Commune naufragium ommbm est consoldtio. — "A general j 



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shipwreck is a consolation to all." A general calamity', 
when all row in the same boat, is borne with more firm- 
ness of mind, by each individual, than a similar misfor- 
tune would have been, had it happened to himself alone. 

Commune vitium in magnis liberisque civitdtibus ut invidia 
comes glorice sit. Coen. Nep. — " It is a common vice in 
great and free states, for envy to be the attendant upon 
glory," — especially in Athens, where Aristides became 
hated, because he had deserved to be called "the Just." 

Communia proprie dicere. Adapted from Hoeace, De Arte 
Foet. — " To express common-place things with propriety." 

Communibus annis. — " One year with another." 

Communis utilitas societdtis maximum vinculum est. LiVY. — 
" The common good is the great chain which binds men 
together in society." 

CommUniter negltgitur, quod commUniter possidetur. — " That is 
neglected by all, which is possessed by all." "Every 
man's business is nobody's business." 

Compomtur orbis 

Megis ad exemplum ; nee sic injlectere sensus 
Sii/mdnos edicta valent, quam vita regentis. Claud. 
— "The manners of the world are formed after the ex- 
ample of the king ; nor can edicts influence the human 
understanding, so much as the life of the ruler." 

Compositum miraciili causa. Tacit. — " A story trumped up 
for the sake of exciting wonder." Much like what we 
call a " cock and buU story." 

Compos mentis. Law Lat. — " In the enjoyment of his under- 
standing." 

Conciliat animos comffas affahilita^que sermonis. Cic. — 
" Courtesy and aflability of address conciliate the feel- 
ings." 

Concordia di^cors. Luc an and Ovid. — " A discordant con- 
cord." Expressive of a harmonious union of things of 
difierent natures. 

Concordia res parvce crescunt, discordid max^imcs dilabuntur. 
Sall. — " "With concord, from small beginnings things in- 
crease ; with discord, the greatest advantages are fiit- 
tered away." The former part of this quotation is the 
motto of the corporation of the Merchant Tailors. 

Condo et compono quce max depromere possi/m. Hob. — " I 



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store and lay by things which I may be enabled one day 
to draw upon." In my hours of study 1 gain knowledge, 
which is to be useful to me in after-life. 

Confirmat usum qui tollit abHsum. Law Maxim. — " He con- 
firms the use of a thing, who takes away the abuse." 

Confiteor, si quid prodest delicta fateri. Oyid. — " I confess 
my errors, if it is of any use to acknowledge them." 

Conjugium vocat, hoc prcetexit nomine culpami. Vikg. — " She 
calls it wedlock, by this name she glosses over her fault." 
The unfortunate Dido is not the only one who on such an 
occasion has laid the same " flattering unction to her soul." 

Conscia mens recti fames menddcia risit ; 

Sed nos in vitium credula turba sumtts. Ovid. 
— "Her mind, conscious of integrity, laughed to scorn 
the falsehoods of report ; but we are, all of us, a set too 
ready to believe ill." 

Conscientia mille testes. Prov. — " The conscience is as good 
as a thousand witnesses." 

Conscientia rectce voluntatis mxixtma consoldtio est rerum in- 
commoddrvm. Cic. — "A consciousness of good inten- 
tions is a very great consolation in misfortunes." 

Consensus facit legem. Law Maxim. — " Consent makes the 
law." Two parties having made an agreement with their 
eyes open, and without fraud, the law will insist on its 
being carried out. 

Consentientes et agentes pari poena plectentur. Coke. — 
" Those who consent to the act, and those who commit 
it, should be visited with equal punishment." See Qui 
facit, &c. 

Consentire non videtur qui errat. Law Maxim. — " He who is 
under a mistake is not considered to consent." No one, 
in law, is deemed to consent to that of which he had not 
a previous knowledge. But every man is supposed to 
know the law, and '"'' ignorantia legis non excusat.^^ See 
I^il volituni, &c. 

Consilia firmiora sunt de divinis locis. Plaut. — " Advice is 
given with higher sanction from holy places." 

ConstUa qui dant prava cautis hommibus, 

Et perdunt operam et deridentur turpiter. Phjed. 

— "Those who give bad advice to discreet persons, both lose 

their pains and, to their disgrace, are laughed to scorn." 



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Consilium Pompeii plane Tkemisf odeum est ; putat enim, qui 
mart potttur, eum rerum potiri. Cic. — " The plan of Pom- 
pey is clearly that of Themistocles ; for he thinks that he 
who gains the command of the sea, must obtain the 
supreme power." 

Consplcit arcem, 

IngeniiSy opihusque^ etfestdpace virentem. OviD. 

— "She looks upon the citadel, flourishing in arts, in 

wealth, and joyous peace." 

Constans et lenis, ut res expostulet, esto. Cato. — " Be firm 
or mild, as circumstances may require." 

Constiterant hinc Thisbe, I*yramus illinc, 

Inque vicemfuerat captdtus anhelitus oris. OviD. 
— " They took their stations, Thisbe on the one side, and 
Pyramus on the other, and the breath of their mouths 
was mutually caught by turns." 

Constructio leqis non facit injtmam. CoKE. — " The con- 
struction ol the law does no injury." 

Consttefacere aliquem sudsponte recte facere quam alienometu. 
Tee. — "To teach a person to act correctly of his own 
accord, rather than through fear of another." 

Consuetudine anmus rursus te hue inducet. Plaijt. — 
" Through habit your inclination will be leading you to 
do it again." 

Consuetudmem henignitdtis, largitioni munerum antepono. 

^ Haec est gravium hominum atque magnorum; ilia quasi 
assentatorum populi, multitudinis levitdtem voluptdte quasi 
titillantium. Cic. — " I prefer much the habit of courtesy, 
to the bestowing of contributions. The one is in the 
power of men of eminence and high character ; the other 
belongs to the flatterers of the populace, who in a manner 
tickle and delight the multitude thereby." 

Consuetudo est altera natura. Cic. — " Use is second nature." 

Consuetudo est altera lex. Coke. — " Usage is a second law." 

Consuetudo est optimum interpres legum. Coke. — " Custom 
is the best interpreter of the laws." 

Consuetudo pro lege servdtur. Law Max. — " Custom is held 
as law." Usage from time immemorial is the basis of our 
common law. 

Consule de gemmis, de tinctd mUrice land, 
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— *" Consult the daylight about gems, about wool dyed in 
purple ; consult it about the face and the figure as well." 

Consvmmdtvmi est. — " It is finished." 

Contemni est gravius stultitice quam percuti. — " To a foolisli 
man, it is more bitter to be treated with contempt, than 
to receive a blow." 

Contemni se impatienter ferunt princlpes, quippe qui coli 
consueverunt. Tacit. — " Princes, because they have been 
accustomed to receive homage, can ill brook being treated 
with contempt." 

Contemnuntur ii qui nee sihi, nee alteri prosunt, ut dicitur ; 
in quibus nullum labor, nulla industria, nulla cur a est. Cic. 
— " They are to be despised, who neither profit themselves 
nor others, as the saying is ; in whom there is no exertion, 
no industry, no thought." 

Contemporanea expositio est fortissima in lege. Law Max.-^ 
"A contemporary exposition prevails in law." A prece- 
dent drawn from the established practice of the time, when 
the law was promulgated, being made in accordance with 
the then prevailing notions and usages, ought to have the 
most force. 

Contigimu^ portum, quo mihi cursus erat. Ovid. — " I have 
reached the harbour, to which I steered my course." 

Conttnuh culpamferro compesce, priu^qu^m 
Dira per incautum serpant contdgia vulgus. ViRG. 
— " Instantly repress the mischief with the knife, before 
the dire contagion has infected the unthinking multitude." 
Even among civilized nations, we see life sacrificed for the 
common good. 

Contra honos mores. — " Contrary to good manners," or morals. 

Contra malum mortis, non est medicdmen in hortis. Med. 
Aphor. — " Against the evil of death there is no remedy in 
gardens." A Leonine line. 

Contra stimulum calcas. Tee. — " You kick against the spur." 
So in Acts ix. 5, " It is hard for thee to kick against the 
pricks?" The meaning is, that you only injure yourself 
by resistance. 

Contra verbosos noli contendere verbis ; 

Sermo datur cunctis, animi sapientia pau^cis. Cato. 

— " Strive not with words against the contentious ; speech 

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Contumeliam si dices, audies. Plaut. — "If you utter af- 
fronting speeches, you will have to hear them." 

Conveniens vitcB mors fuit ista sues, Ovid. — " That was a 
death conformable to his life." 

Conventio pHvatorum non potest publico juri derogdre. Coke . 
— "An agreement between private persons cannot dero- 
gate from the rights of the public." 

Convives certe tui dicant, BibdmtiSj moriendum est. Sen. — 
" Tour guests are for saying, no doubt, * Let us drinlc, for 
die we must.'" See 1 Cor. xv. 32. 

Convivatoris, uti duds, ingenium res 

AdverscB nuddre sclent, celdre secund(S. HoE. 
— " Untoward circumstances usually bring out the talents 
of a host, as they do those of a general ; while everything 
goes on well, they lie concealed." 

Corneedito, Frov. — " Eat not your heart." A figurative ex- 
pression, meaning, " Do not consume your life with cares." 

Coram dommo rege. — "Before our lord the king." 

Coram nobis, iaw Za^.—" Before us." Before the court. 
Before persons invested with due authority. 

Coram non judwe. — " Before a person who is not a judge." 
Before a tribunal which has no jurisdiction. 

Cornix scorpium rapuit. Prov. — " The crow seized a scor- 
pion," and was stung to death. Mischief recoils on its 
author. See Neque enim, &c. 

Coronat virtus cultores suos. — " Virtue crowns her votaries." 

Corpora lente augescunt, cito extinquuntur . Tacit. — "All 
bodies are slow in growth, rapid m decay." 

Corpora magnammo satis est prostrdsse leoni : 

Pugna suumfinem, cum jacet hostis, habet. OviD. 
— " It is sufficient for the noble-hearted lion to have 
brought the body to the ground : the contest is over when 
the enemy lies prostrate." The poets give the lion a better 
character than he really deserves. 

Corpori tantum indulgeas quantum bonce valetudini satis est. 
Sen. — " Indulge the body only so far as is necessary for 
good health." Be moderate in pleasures although harm- 
less in themselves. 

Corporis et fortunes bonbrum ut initium finis est. Omnia arte 
occldunt, et aucta senescunt. Sall. — " Of the blessings of 
health and fortune, as there is a beginning, so there is an 



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end. Everything, as it is improved by art, hurries onward 
to decay, and increases only to become old." 

Corpus adhuc Echo, non vox erat : et tamen tisum 
Garrula non dlium, quam nunc habet, oris habebat ; 
Meddere de multis ut verba novisstma posset. OviD. 

— " Echo was then a body, not a mere voice ; and yet the 
babbler had no other use of speech than she now has, to 
be able to repeat the last words out of many." 

Corpus delicti. Law phrase. — " The body of the offence." 
The sum and substance of the crime. 

Corpus omne sive arescit in pulverem, sive in hvmdrem solvttur, 
vel in cinerem comprimitur, vel in nidorem tenudtur, subdu- 
citur nobis ; sed Deo elementorum custode reservdtur. Mi- 
NUCiiJS Eelix. — " (When death happens) every body is 
reduced to dust, dissolved into fluid, converted to ashes, 
or wasted away by evaporation, and so withdrawn from 
our sight ; but it is preserved in the hands of Grod, the 
guardian of the elements." 

Corpus onustum 

Sesternis vitiis animum quoque prcegrdvat una. Hoe. 
— " The body, oppressed by the debauch of yesterday, 
weighs down the mind as weU." 

Corpus qv,asi vas est aut aliquod animi receptdculum. Cic. — 
"The body is a vessel, as it were, or receptacle for the 
soul." 

Corpus sine pect ore. — " A body without a soul." A lump of 
flesh without spirit or animation. See Sine pectore corpus. 

Corrumpunt bonos mores colloquia prava. JProv. — " Evil com- 
munications corrupt good manners." Prom the Greek. 

Corrupti mores sunt depravdtique admiratione divitidrum. CiC. 
— " Manners become corrupted and depraved through the 
hankering for riches." 

Corruptio optimi pessima. — " The corruption of the best pro- 
duces the worst." Nothing is so pernicious both in ex- 
ample and results as the rebound n-om very good to very 
bad. So our old proverb, " The sweetest wine makes the 
sharpest vinegar." 

Corruptissimd in republicd plurimce leges. Tacit. — " In the 
state which is the most corrupt, the laws are always the 
most numerous." Such a state of things necessitates a 
multiplicity of laws. 



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COS— CRE. 



Cos ingeniorum. — " A whetstone for the wits.'* 
Cras credemtiSf hodie nihil. Prav. — "To-morrow we will 
believe, not to-day." Let us wait and see what will hap- 
pen to-morrow ; tor the present we will sleep upon it. 

Credat Jud<Bus Apella. Hoe. — "Let Apella the Jew 

believe it." An expression used in derision of the Jews, 
who were held in the greatest contempt among the Ro- 
mans, every vice or weakness being imputed to them. 
Crede mihi bene qui latuity bene vixit, et intra 

Fortunam debet quisque manere suam. Ovid. 

— "Believe me, he who has the good fortune to escape 
notice, lives the happiest life, and every one is bound to 
live within his means." 
Crede mihi, miseros prudentia prima relinquit. Ovid. — " Be- 
lieve me, prudence is the first thing to forsake the 
wretched." 
Crede mihi, multos habeas cum dignus amicos, 
Nonfuit e multis quoTibet ille minor. Ovid. 

—-"Believe me, although you deservedly have many 
friends, he out of those many was inferior to none." 
Crede mihi, res est ingeniosa dare. Ovid. — " Believe me, it 

is a noble thing to give." 
Crede quod est quod vis ; ac desme tuta vereri ; 
Deque ^de certd sit tibi certajides. Ovid. 

— " Believe that that is, which thou dost wish to be ; cease 
to fear for what is secure, and have a certain assurance 
of undoubted constancy." 
Crede quod habes, et habes. — " Believe that you have it, and 
you have it." This is not universally true — witness the 
unhappy termination of Alnaschar's reverie, whose story 
is told in the Spectator and the Arabian Nights. 
Gredebant hoc grande nefas, et morte piandum, 

Sijuvenis vetulo non assurrexerat. Jut. 

— " They used to hold it to be a heinous sin, and one that 
death alone could expiate, if a young man did not rise to 
pay honour to an elder." 

CredTite, posteri ! HoR.—" Believe it, Posterity ! " 

Credo pudieitiam, Saturno rege, mordtam 

In terris. JuT. 

— " In the reign of Saturn I believe that chastity did exist 
in the world." The reign of Saturn was the "golden 



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age" of the Romans. Juvenal is speaking of the almost 
universal corruption of the Roman females in his day. 

Credula res amor est Oyid. — "Love is a credulous 

thing." 
—Credula vitam 

Spesfovet, ac melius cras fore semper ait. Tibttll. 
— " Credulous hope cherishes life, and ever tells us that 
to-morrow will be better." 
Crescentem sequitur cura pecuniam, 
Majbrvmque fames. Multa petentibus, 
Desunt multa. Bene est cui Deus obtulit 
JParcd quod satis est manu. Hoe. 

— " Care attends accumulated wealth, and a thirst for 
stni greater riches. They who require much are always 
in want of much. Happy is he to whom Q-od has given a 
siifficiency with a sparing hand." 
Crescit amor nummi quuntum ipsa pecHnia crescit : 

Et minus hanc optat, qui non habet Jirv. 

— " The love of money increases as fast as our wealth, and 
he who has none wishes for it the least." 
Crescit indulgens sibi dirus hydrops. Hoe. — "The fatal 
dropsy nursed by self-indulgence increases apace." This 
figure is here used in reference to the " greed for gain." 
Crescit sub ponder e virtue. — "Virtue grows under everj' 
weight;" shines forth with renewed lustre under every 
trial. The motto of the Earl of Denbigh. 
Cressd ne careat pulchra dies notd. Hob. — " Let not a day 

so joyful be without its mark of Cretan chalk." 
Cretd an carbone notandum. Hoe. — " To be marked with 
chalk, or with charcoal." The Romans thus distinguished 
their lucky and unlucky days. 
Cretd notdre. — "To mark with chalk." To place a white 
line against the name of a person was to signify approval. 
Cretizandum cum Crete. Prov. — " A man must be a Cretan 
vrith the Cretans." We must do at Rome as Rome does. 
Creverunt et opes, et opumfuriosa cupido : 
JEt cum possideant plurXma, plura volunt. Oyid. 
— " Both wealth has increased, and the maddening lust 
for wealth : and though men possess ever so much, they 
still wish for more." 



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CEI— GUI. 



Crimen luesce majestdtis. Law Term. — " The crime of lese- 
majesty," which involves the guilt of high-treason. j 

Crimen qiwd mihi dabdtur, crimen non erat. Cic. — " That 
which was imputed to me as a crime was no crime." 

CrimXna qui cemunt aliortim, non sua cernunt, 
Si sdpiunt aliis, desipiuntque sibi. 

— " Those who see tne faults of others, do not see their 
own ; such men are wise towards others, and fools to 
themselves." 

Crlmtne ah uno 

IHsce omnes YiBO. 

— "From one offence learn all." 

Crine ruber, niger ore, brevis pede^ lurmne Icesus : 
Hem magnam prcestas, Zoile, si bonus es. Mart. 

— " With red hair, and tawny features, short of one foot, 
and blind of an eye — you do wonders, indeed, Zoilus, if 
you are a good man." 

Crodsum, quern vox jusH facunda Solonis 

Mesptcere ad longed ju^sit spdtia ulttma vita. JuT. 
— " Croesus, whom the eloquent voice of the righteous 
Solon bade look upon the closing scene of a long life." 
See Herodotus, b. i. c. 32. 

Grudelem medicum intemperans ceger facit. Ste. — " A dis- 
obedient patient makes an unfeeling physician." Be- 
cause he is obliged to have recourse to narsher measures 
to effect a cure. 

Crudelis ubique 

Inictus, ubique pavor, et plurima mortis imago. ViEG. 
— " Everywhere is cruel sorrow, terror on every side, and 
death in a thousand shapes." 

Crux. — "A cross." Anything that frets or annoys us, a 
difficulty or stumblingblock is so called. Thus, crux cri- 
ticorum, "the cross of critics;" crux medicorum, "the 
cross of physicians ; " crux matliematicdrum, " the cross 
of mathematicians." 

Cucullus non facit mondchum. — " The cowl does not make 
the monk." Trust not appearances. 

Cui bono ? — "Tor whose benefit?" A maxim of Cassius, 
the judge, quoted by Cicero {Fro Milone). It is generally 
used as signifying, " What is the good of it ?" 



CUI. 

■Cui famuldtur ma^imus orbis 



C3 



XHva potens rerum, domitrixque pecHniafati. 

— " She to whom the great worid is obedient, that goddess 

who rules mankind, money, the controller of fate." 

Cui licet quod majus, non debet quod minus est non licere. 
Law Max. — " He who has the greater right, ought not to 
be without the lesser one." Thus, in the transfer of pro- 
perty, a conveyance of the rights incident to it is always 
to be presumed. 

Cui malo ? — " To what evil ? " What harm can result 
from it ? 

Cui mens divinior atque os 

Magna sonaturum des ndmmis hujus honorem. Hoe. 
— " To him who is divinely inspired, and has a command 
of lofty language, you may grant the honour of this title." 
Said in allusion to the true poet. 

Cui nihil satis, huic etiam nihil turpe. — "Nothing will be 
base to him for whom nothing is enough." The man is 
troubled with no scruples, who covets unlimited wealth. 

Cui non conveniat sua res, ut calceus olim, 

Si pede major erit, subvertet ; si minor, uret. HoB. 
— " To him who is not satisfied with his fortune, it is as 
with a shoe ; if it is too large for his foot it vrill upset 
him, if too small, it will pinch him." 

Cui placet alterius, sua nimlrum est odio sors. Hoe. — " When 
a man is captivated with the lot of another, no wonder if 
he is discontented with his own." 

Cui placet, obliviscitur ; cui dolet, meminit. — "He who is 
pleased at a thing, forgets it ; he who is grieved at it, 
bears it in mind." 

Cui prodest scelus, is fecit. Sen.—" He who profits by the 
vifiany, has perpetrated it." This is true in reference to 
the share of criminality which attaches to the " accom- 
plice after the fact," but is not of universal application. 

Cuicunque atiquis quid concedit, concedere videtur et id, sine 
quo res ipsa esse non potest. Law Max. — " He who makes 
a grant to another, is held to have granted that as well, 
without which the thiug so granted cannot be enjoyed." 
A house or land, for instance, cannot be sold without right 
of ingress to it, if in the vendor's power to grant it. 



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Cuilihet in arte sua perlto est credendum. Coke. — " Every 

man ought to have credit for skill in his own art." 
Ouivis dolori remedium est patientia. Sye. — " Patience is the 
remedy for every sorrow." 

Cujtts condtibus ohstat 

jRes anqusta domi HoE. 

— " Whose efforts are frustrated by the narrowness of his 
means." The fate of too many ! 
Oujiis est solum, ejus est usque ad coelum. Law Max. — " To 
him to whom the soil belongs, belongs everything over it, 
even to the sky." The building of no man, for instance, 
may project over the land of his neighbour. 

Cujtis summa est. — " Of which the sum and substance is." 
This is the long and short of it. 

CujiLS tujidem in pecunid perspexerts^ 
Verere ei verba credere f Tee. 

— " Do you fear to trust a man with your secret, of whose 
honesty in pecuniary matters you have had experience ? " 

Cujus vita desptcitur, restat ut ejus prcedicdtio contemndtur. 
St. Geegoet. — " When a man's iSe is despised, it follows 
that his preaching must fall into contempt." The necessity 
of supporting precept by practice. 

Cujm vulturis hoc erit caddver? Maet. — "To what vul- 
ture's share shall this carcass fall?" 

Cujuslibet rei simuldtor atque dissimulator. Sall. — " A man 
who possessed the power on every occasion to seem to be 
what he was not, and to conceal what he really was." 
The character of Catiline, a finished hypocrite, as por- 
trayed by Sallust. 

Cujusvis hommis est errdre, nulllus nisi insipientis in errbre 
perseverdre. Cic. — " Every man is liable to err, but it is 
only the part of a fool to persevere in error." 

Oulpd sud damnum sentienSy non intelliqUur damnum pati. 
Law Max. — " He who suffers a loss oy his own fault, is 
not considered (by the law) a sufferer.'* 

Culpam poena premit comes. Hoe.—" Punishment follows 
hard upon crime." 

Cultaque Judceo septima sacra Syro. Ovid. — "And the 
seventh day kept holy and observed by the Syrian Jew." 

Cum domus ingenti suhtto mea lapsa ruina 

Conctdit, in dommi procubuitque caput. Otid. 



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—"When my house came suddenly down, and fell in 
ruins with a tremendous crash upon its master's head." 
■Gum corpore mentem 



Crescere sentimus, pariterque senescere. — Luceet. 

— " We feel that the mental powers increase with those 

of the body, and, in like manner, grow feeble with it." 

Cum dubia etfragilis sit nobis vita tribilta, 

In morte alterius spem tu tibi ponere noli. Cato. 
— " Seeing that life has been given us precarious and full 
of uncertainty, fix not thy hopes on the death of an- 
other." 

Cum duo inter se pugnantia reperiuntur in testamento, ultt- 
mum ratwm est. CoEiE. — "When two clauses are found 
in a will, repugnant to each other, the last holds good." 
But in deeds, the first holds good. 

Cum duplicantur Uteres venit Moses. — "When the tale of 
bricks is doubled, then comes Moses;" — to the rescue of 
the Israelites. A mediaeval proverb, meaning that, " when 
things are at the worst they will mend." 

Cum est concupUa pecunia, nee ratio sanat cupiditdtem, existit 
morbus animi eiqtie morbo nomen est avaritia. Cic. — 
" When money is coveted, and the desire is not cured by 
reason, there is a disease of the mind, and the name of 
that disease is * avarice.' " 

Cum feriunt unum, nan unum fuhntna terrent. Ovid. — 
" When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does 
it alarm." 

Cumfortuna manet, vultum servdtis amici ; 

Cum cedit, turpi vertUis orafugd. Peteon. Aeb. 
— " While prosperity lasts, you, my Iriends, give me your 
countenance ; when it fails, you turn away your faces in 
disgraceful flight." 

Oum fortuna perit, nvllus amicus erit. — " Wben fortune fails 
us, we shall have no friend left." 

Cum fueris felix, qucs sunt adversa caveto ; 
Non eddem cursu respondent uWma primis. Cato. 
— "When you are enjoying prosperity, provide against 
adversity; the end of life wiU not be attended by the 
same train of fortunate circumstances as the beginning." 

Cwm furor haud dubius, cum sit msnifesta phrenesis, 
Ut locuples moridriSj egentis viverefato, Jtrv. 



ee 



CUM. 



— " Since it is undoubted madness, manifest insanity, to 
live the life of a beggar that you may die rich." 

Gum grano salis. Prov. — "With a grain of salt." With 
something which will help us to swallow it ; with some 
latitude or allowance. Said of anything to which we are 
unable to give implicit credence. 

Cum larvis luctdri. Prov. — " To wrestle with ghosts." To 
speak ill of the dead. See De mortuis, &c. 

Cum licet fugere ne qucere litem. Prov. — " When you can 
escape it, avoid a law-suit." 

— Cum lux altera venity 

Jam eras hesternum consumpstmus ; ecce aliud eras 

Egerit hos annos. Pers. 

— " When another day arrives, we have consumed the 
morrow of yesterday ; behold, another morrow comes, and 
so wastes our years." A censure against procrastination, 
" the thief of time." 

Cum magna males super est auddcia causce, 

CredUur a multis Jiducia Juv. 

— " When a bad cause is backed by great impudence, it is 
believed by many to be the boldness of innocence." 

Cum magnis virtutibus offers 

• Grande super cilium. Juv. 

— " With thy high virtues thou dost bring great super- 
ciliousness." 

Cum morltur dives concurrunt undique cives ; 
Pauperis ad funus vix est e milUbus unus. 
— " When a rich man dies, the citizens flock together from 
every side ; at a poor man's funeral there is hardly one 
out of thousands." Mediaeval Leonine lines. 

Cum multis aliis, qu(S nunc perscrihere longum- est. — " With 
many other things which it would now be tedious to set 
forth in writing." A line often used in an ironical 
sense. To whom does it belong ? 

Cum plus sint potce, plus potiuntur agues. — " The more water 
is drunk, the more is desired." See Quo phis, <fcc. 

Cum prostrdta sopor e 

Urget membra quieSy et mens sine pondere ludit. 

Petron. Aebitee. 
— " When repose steals over the limbs, extended in sleep, 
and the mind disports without restraint." 



CUM— CUR. 



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Cum pulcJiris tumcis sumet nova consilia et spes. Hoe. — 
" Happy in his fine clothes, he will adopt new plans and 
cherish fresh hopes." 

Cwn surges abitUra domum, surgemus et omnes. Oyid. — 
" When you rise to go home, we will all rise too." 

Cwn tdbulis ammum censoris sumat honesti. Hoe. — " Let 
him, with his papers, assume the spirit of an honest critic." 

Cum tristibu-s severe^ cum remissis jucunde, cmn sembtis grd- 
vUer, cum juventute comiter vlve. Cic. — "With those 
who are of a gloomy turn, be serious ; with the idle, be 
cheerful ; with the old, be grave j and with the young, be 

Cum volet ilia dies, quce nil nisi corporis hujus 
Jus habet, incerti spatium mihifiniat cevi. Ovid. 
— " Let that day, which has no power but over this body 
of mine, put an end to the term of my uncertain life, when 
it will." 

Cuncta prius tentdta : sed immedicdbile vulnus 

Ense reddendum, ne pars sincera trahdtur. Ovid. 
— " All methods have been already tried ; but a wound 
that admits of no cure must be cut away, that the sounder 
parts may not be corrupted." 

Cunctando restituit rem. EifNius. — "He saved the 

state by delay." Said in praise of Fabius, who saved 
Rome by avoiding an engagement with Hannibal. 

Cuncti adsint, merUceque expectent prcemiu palmce. ViEG. 
— " Let all attend, and await the reward of well-earned 
laurels." 

Cunctis servatorem liberatoremque acclamantXbus. — " All hail- 
ing him as their saviour and deliverer." 

Cupido dominandi cunctis affectlbus Jlagrantior est. Tacit. 
— "The desire of rule is the most powerful of all the 
affections of the mind." 

Cur ante tubam tremor occiipat artier ? YiEG. — " Why 

does tremor seize the limbs before the trumpet sounds?" 
That is, before the signal for battle. 

Cur in thedtrum, Cato severe, venisti ? Maet. — " Why, Cato, 
with all thy gravity, didst thou come to the theatre?'* 
On the occasion of the indecent celebration of the Flora- 
lia, when he only came that he might be seen to depart. 
See An ideo, &c. (App.) 

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CUE. 



Cur indecores in limine primo 

Deficmus ? ViBa. 

— " Why faint we inglorious at the very outset ?" 
Cur me querelis exanimas tuts ? Hoe. — " Why worry me to 

death with your complaints?" 
Cur moridtur homo, cui salvia crescit in horto ? Maxim of 

the School of Health at Salebno. — " Why should the man 

die in whose garden sage grows?" 

" He that would live for aye, 
Must eat sage in May." 

Sage is a good stomachic, and its medicinal qualities 

were highly valued in former times. It is said to have 

derived its name from the Latin salvus, "safe," or 

"healthy." 
CW* moridtur homo qui sumit de cinamomo ? Maxim of the 

School of Salebno. — " Why should the man die who 

takes cinnamon?" 
Cwr nesclre, pudens prave, quam discere malo? Hoe. — 

"Why do 1 prefer, through false modesty, to be ignorant 

rather than learn?" 
Cur nony ut plenus vitce conviva, reeedis ? 

JEquo animoque capis securam, stulte, quietem. Lucbet. 

— -" Why not, fool, like a well-filled guest at life's banquet, 

withdraw, and, with contented mind, take a repose that is 

removed from every care?" 
Cur opus affectas, amoitiosey novum. Ovid. — " Why, in your 

ambition, do you attenipt a new task ?" 
Cura esse quod audis. — " Take care to be as good as you are 

esteemed to be." 
Cura ut valeas.^'' Take care of your health." 
Cura pii DU sunt Ovid. — " The good are the care of 

the gods." 
CurcB est sua cuique voluptas. OviD. — " His own grati- 
fication is the object of each." 
OurcB leves loquuntur^ ingentes stupent. Sen. — " Light griefs 

find utterance, deeper ones are dumb." 
Curas tolle graves^ irasci crede profdnwm. — " Dispel anxious 

cares ; consider it profane to be angry." 
Curdtio funeris, conditio sepultiircB, pompce exequidrum, magis 

sunt vivorum soUtia, quam suhsidia mortmrum. Words of 

the Emperor Augustus. — "The arrangements of the 



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funeral, the place of burial, the procession and the cere- 
monial, are rather a consolation to the living, than of 
importance to the dead." 

Curia advisdre vult. Law Latin. — " The court wishes to 
advise thereon." The entry made when the court takes 
time to deliberate before giving judgment. 

Curia pavperihus clausa est; dat census honores. Ovid. 
— " To the poor the senate-house is closed ; wealth con- 
fers honours." 

Currente calamo. — " With a running pen." The ancients 
sometimes wrote with a reed, whence this phrase. Equi- 
valent to our English term, " off-hand." 

Currus bovem trahit. Prov. — "The chariot is drawing the 
ox." " The cart is put before the horse." Said of any- 
thing done preposterously, or out of place. 

Curtce nescio quid semper abest rei. Hob. — "There is a 
something, I know not what, always found wanting in 
every man's too meagre fortunes." 

Cmtos morum. — " The guardian of morality." A magistrate 
is so called. 

Custos regni. — " The guardian of the realm." A person ap- 
pointed to perform the sovereign's duties in his absence. 

Custos rotulorum. — " The master of the rolls." The princi- 
pal justice of the peace in a county is also so called. 

Cut em gerit lacerdtam canis mordax. Prov. — " A snapping 
dog wears a torn skin." 

" Those who in quarrels interpose, 
Must often wipe a bloody nose." Gat. 

Cutis vulpina consuenda est cum cute leonis. Frov. — " The 
fox's skin should be sewed to that of the lion." Where 
the strength of the lion fails, the cunning of the fox may 
prevail. 

Cymini sector es. Prov. — " Splitters of cummin-seeds," or, 
as we say, "splitters of straws." An expression bor- 
rowed from Aristotle. Learned triflers, like many of the 
schoolmen of the middle ages. 

D. 

D. D. for Bono dedit.^'' Has presented," or " has given." 
jD. D. D. — Hi presentation copies of books, these letters are 



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D— DAB. 



inserted after the name of the giver, meaning either 
donum dat^ dicatque, "presents (this book), and dedicates 
it;" or else, dat, donat, dicatque — "gives, presents, and 
dedicates (this book)." 

D. 31. for Dis Manibm. — " To the divine Manes," or " shades 
of the dead." The usual commencement of Roman 
sepulchral inscriptions. 

JD. O. M. — See Deo optimo maximo, 

D. V. — See Deo volente. 

Da juranti veniam. — " Pardon the oath." Forgive me for 
swearing. 

Da locum melioribus. Tee. — " Give way to your betters." 
The same maxim of modesty is inculcated by our Saviour, 
in Luke xiv. 8. 

Da mihi mutuum testimonium. Cic. — " Give me your testi- 
mony, and I '11 do as much fbr you." " Claw me, and I '11 
claw thee." 

Da modo lucra mihi, da facto gaudia lucro ; 

JEt face nt emptori verba dedisse juvet. Ovid. 
— "Do but grant me profit, give me the delight that 
arises from making a bargain, and grant that it may prove 
to my advantage to have imposed upon my customers." 
The prayer of a fraudulent tradesman to Mercury. 

Da, Pater, augustam menti conscendere sedem ; 
Dafontem lustrdre boni ; da, luce repertd, 
In te conspieuos dnimi deflgere visus ! Boeth. 
— " Grant, Father, that my mind may climb to thy august 
abode ; grant that it may survey the source of good ; grant 
that, when it has gained the light, I may fix my full gaze 
on thee! " 

Da populo, da verba mihi ; sine nescius errem. Ovid. — " De- 
ceive the public, deceive me too ; in my ignorance let me 
be mistaken." 

Da, precor, ingenio prcemia digna meo. OviD. — " Grant, I 
pray, a reward worthy of my genius." 

Da spatium tenuemque morani, male cuncta ministrat 

Impetus. Stat. 

— " x^llow time and a short delay, haste and violence mar 
everything." 

Da vmiam lacrymis. — " Grant pardon to these tears." 

-Dabit Deus his quoque finem. ViRG. — " God will grant 



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an end to even these misfortunes." A phrase generally 
applied to public calamities, and the only real consolation 
that they will admit of. 
-Damna minu^ consueta movent. Jut. — " Misfortunes 



to which we are used affect us less severely." To the same 
effect is our vulgar adage — " Eels become accustomed to 
skinning." 

Damnant quod non intelligunt. Cic. — " They condemn what 
they do not understand." They make up by positive- 
ness of assertion for lack of real knowledge. 

DamnosahceredUas. Law Term. — "A losing property." A pro- 
perty, the possession of which entails loss on the owner. 

Damnosa quid non imminuit dies ? HoE. — " What does not 
all-destructive time impair ? " 

Damnosa senem juvat alea, ludit et haeres. Juv. — " If 

the destructive dice have pleasures for the father, his son 
wiU be a gamester." So our proverb, " Bad hen, bad eggs." 
See Mala gallina, &c. 

Damnum absque injuria. Law Term. — " Loss without in- 
jury." That kind of loss which all persons are liable to, 
who are exposed to the competition of others in the same 
business or profession as themselves. Loss, in fact, by 
fair competition. 

Damnum appellandum est cum maid famd lucrum. Ste. — 
" That ought to be called a loss, which is gained by the 
sacrifice of character." 

Dapes inemptcB. Hoe. and Yieg. — "Dainties unbought." 
The produce of the farm. 

Dapibus supremi 

Grata testiido Jovis. Hoe. 

— "The shell so loved at the feasts of supreme Jove." 
Mercury framed the cithara, (the origin of the modern 
guitar,) by stretching strings across the shell of a tor- 
toise ; his music was in high requisition at the table of 
Jupiter. 

Dare jura maritis. Hoe. — " To lay down laws for hus- 
bands." 
-Dare pondus idonea fumo. Pees. — " Things suited to 



give weight to smoke." To impart value to that which 
is worthless. 
Dat Deus imm'iti cornua curt a bovi. Prov. — " God gives 



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short horns to the vicious ox." " God sends a curst cow 
short horns." Much Ado About Nothing, act ii. sc. 1. 

Dat indnia verha, 

Dat sine mente sonum. ViEO. 

— " He utters empty words, he utters sounds without 
meaning." 

Dat veniam corvis, vexat censHra columhas. Juv. — " He 
grants pardon to the ravens, but visits with heavy censure 
the doves." A line often used to signify that the inno- 
cent man meets with injustice, while the guilty escape 
without censure. 

Data tempore prosunt, 

Et data nan apto tempore vina nocent. Ovid. 

-— " Wine given at a proper time, is useful ; given at an 

improper time, it is injurious." 

Date oholum Belisdrio. — "Give your mite to Belisarius." 
It is said that this great general, when blind and aged, 
was neglected by the emperor Justinian, and obliged to 
beg for charity. The tale is however treated as a fiction 
by Gibbon. 

— --—Datur ianis, tametsi ab inimicis petas. Plaut. — " Pire 
is granted:, even though you ask it of your enemies." 
It was considered unlucky to refuse fire to any one. 

Davv^ sum, non (Edtpus. Teb. — " I am Davus, not CEdi- 
pus." I am a plain, simple man, not a conjuror. (Edipus 
was said to have solved the riddle of the Sphinx. 

De alieno corio liber alls. JProv, — " Liberal of another man's 
leather." 

De alieno largltor, et sui restrictus. Cic. — " A bestower of 
other men's property, but tenacious of his own." One 
who is liberal, but at the expense of others. 

De dsmi umbra disceptdre. Prov. — "To dispute about an 
ass's shadow." To give one's attention to frivolous matters. 

De bene esse. Law Term. — " As being well done for the pre- 
sent." A thing is done de bene esse, when it is <S)ne 
conditionally, and is to stand good till some time named, 
when the question of its being rightly or wrongly done 
will be determined. Depositions are often taken de bene 
esse, the question as to whether they shall be used for the 
benefit of the party so taking them, being reserved for 
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De calceosollicitus, atpedem nihil curans. Prov. — " Anxious 
about the shoe, but careless about the foot." Said of 
those who are more thoughtful about outside appearances 
than the cultivation of the mind. 

De duro est ultima ferro. 

Fug ere pu dor, verumque,fidesque: 

In quorum subiere locum fraudesque, doli(jie, 
Insidiceque, et vis, et amor scelerdtus habendi. Ovid. 
— " The last age was of hard iron. — Modesty, and truth, 
and honour took to flight ; in place of which succeeded 
fraud, deceit, treachery, violence, and the cursed hanker- 
ing for acquisition." The condition of man after the fall, 
according to heathen tradition. 

De facto. — " From the thing done." Because it is so. An 
usurper holds a throne de facto, not by right, but might. 

De fumo disceptdre. Frov. — " To dispute about smoke." 
To wrangle about trifles. See De asini, &c. 

Defumo inflammam. Frov. — " Out of the smoke into the 
flame." Quoted by Ammianus Marcellinus. Similar to 
our proverb, " Out of the frying-pan," &c. 

De gusttbus non est disputandum. — " There is no disputing 
about tastes." Like our saying, "What is one man's 
meat is another man's poison." 

De hoc multi multa, omnes aliquid, nemo satis. — " Of this 
matter many people have said many things, all something, 
no one enough." 

Dejure. — " From what is lawful," or " by law." Possession 
dejure is possession by right of law. 

De land caprind. — " About goat's wool." About a worthless 
object. 

De male quces'itis vix gaudet tertiu^ hceres. — " A third heir 
seldom enjoys property dishonestly got." Hence the 
saying, " Badly got, badly gone." See male parta, &c. 

De medietdte linguae. Law Term. — " Of a moiety of lan- 
guages." A jury empannelled to try a foreigner, when, 
at his request, one half of it is composed of foreigners, is 
a jury de medietate linguce. 

De mend'ico male meretur, qui ei dat quod edat, aut quod hibat. 
Nam et illud qu^d dat perdit, et illi producit vitam ad 

miseriam. Plaut. 

— " He deserves ill of a beggar, who gives him to eat or 



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to drink ; for he both loses that which he gives, and pro- 
longs for the other a life of misery." 

De mlmmis non curat lex. Legal Maxim. — " The law takes no 
notice of extreme trifles." The theft of a pin, for instance. 

De missd ad mensam. — " From mass to table," or, to preserve 
the jingle, "From mass to mess." A mediaeval saying, 
implying that the only active employment of the monks 
was to eat and say their prayers. 

De mortuis nil nisi honum. — " Of the dead be nothing said 
but what is good." Silence, at least, is a duty where we 
cannot praise the dead. 

De motu proprio. — " From his own impulse." " Of his own 
free will." 

De multis grandis acervus erit, OviD. — " Out of many 

things a large heap is made." 

De nihUo nihil, in ntfulum nil posse reverti. Pers. — " From 
nothing there is nothing made, and no existing thing can 
be reduced to nothing." The doctrine of the Epicureans 
as to the eternity of matter. See Lucretius, B. i. 1. 160—265. 

De non apparentihus, et non existentibus, eddem est ratio. 
Coke. — " The reasoning is the same as to things which do 
not appear, and those which do not exist." 

De omnibus rebus, et quibusdum aliis. — "About everything, 
and something more besides." Said ironically of a volu- 
minous book, or of a speech in which numerous topics are 
discussed. The saying is said to have derived its origin 
from the circumstance that Smalgruenius first wrote a 
work entitled De omnibus rebus, and then another, De 
quibusdam aliis. The same story has, however, been 
fathered on Thomas Aquinas. 

De paupertdte tacentes 

I*lus poscente ferent. Hob. 

— " Those who are silent as to their poverty will obtain 
more than he who begs." So the lion rewarded the modest 
traveller, and rebuiFed the importunate robber. See 
Phcedrus' Fables, B. TI. Fab. I. 

De pilo, or defilo, pendet. Prov. — " It hangs by a hair," or 
"by a thread." The risk, or danger, is imminent. 
Originally said in reference to the sword which Diony- 
sius of Syracuse caused to be suspended over the head of 
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De quo libelli in celeberrimis locis proponuntur, Jiuic neperlre 
quidem taclte concedUur. Cic. — " The man who is publicly 
arraigned is not allowed even to be ruined in quiet." 

De vita horn mis nulla cunctatio long a est. Adapted from 
Ji: VENAL. — " When the life of a man is at stake, no delay 
can be too long." See Audi, nulla, &c. 

Debttis velle quce vel'imus. Plaut. — " You ought to wish as 
we wish." 

Debtle principimn melior fortilna sequetur. — " Better fortune 
will succeed a weak beginning." 

Debilem facito manu, 
DebUem pede, coxa, 
Labrtcos quale denies, 
Vita dum superest, bene est. 

A portion of a fragment of M^CENAS, as quoted by Seneca. 
— " Make me weak in the hands, weak in the feet and 
hips, dash out my failing teeth. So long as life remains 
'tis well." The words of a man who clings to life at any 
cost. 

Debito jtistiticp, or LJ debito justitice. Law Phrase. — " By 
debt of justice." By virtue of a claim justly established. 

Deceptio visus. — "A deceiving of the sight." An illusion 
practised on the eye. " An ocular deception." 

Decet qffectus animi neque se nimium erigere nee subjicere 
serviliter. Cic. — " We ought neither to allow the 
aflections of the mind to become too much elated, nor yet 
abjectly depressed." 

Decet patriam nobis cariorem esse quam nosmetipsos. Cic. — 
" Our country ought to be dearer to us than ourselves." 

Decies repetlta placebit. Hoe. — " Ten times repeated 

it will please." It will be encored again and again. 

Decipimur specie recti. — HoR. — " We are deceived by an 
appearance of rectitude." 

Decipit 

Frons prima multos ; rara mens intelltgit 
Quod interiore condulit cura angulo. PiiiEDE. 

— " First appearances deceive many ; the penetration of 
but few enables them to discern that which has been care- 
fully concealed in the inmost corners of the heart." 

Decorum ab honesto non potest separdri. Cic. — " Propriety 
cannot be separated from what is honourable." 



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Dedecet philosophmi abjicere ammum. Cic. — "It is unbe- 
coming in a philosopher to be dejected." 

Dedecdrant bene nata cidpcB. Hob. — "Alices disgrace what 
is naturally good." 

Dedtmus potestdtem. Law Term. — " We have given power." 
A writ, or commission, giving certain powers, for the pur- 
pose of speeding the business of the court. 

Dediscit animus sero quod dld^cit diu. Sen. — " The mind is 
slow to unlearn what it has been long in learning." Im- 
pressions once made on the mind are not easily erased. 

Dedit hanc contdgio labem^ 

Et dabit in plures. Juv. 

— " Contagion has caused this plague-spot, and wiU ex- 
tend it to many more." 

Defectio vJrium adolescenticd vitm efficitwr scepius quam senec- 
tutis. Cic. — " Loss of strength is more frequently the 
fault of youth than of old age." 

Defendit numerus junctcsque umbbne phalanges. Juv. — " He 
is defended by their numbers, and the array of their ser- 
ried shields." 

Defiuit saxis agitdtus humor, 

ConcWunt venti, fugiuntque nubes, 

JEt minax, {nam sic voluere^y ponto 

Unda recumbit. Hob. 

—-"The troubled surge falls down from the rocks, the 

winds cease, the clouds vanish, and the threatening waves, 

(for such is the will of the sons of Leda,) subside." 

Deforme est de seipso prcedicdre, falso prcesertim. Cic. — " It 
is unseemlv to talk of one's self, and more especially to 
state falsehoods." 

Deformius nihil est ardeUone sene. Mabt. — "There is 
nothing more unseemly than an aged busybody." 

Degeneres animos timor arguit. — Vibg. — " Tear shows an 
ignoble mind." 

Dei plena sunt omnia. Cic. — "All things are full of God." 
See Sunt Jbvis, &c. 

• Delectando pariterque monendo. Hob. — " Pleasing as 

well as instructing." Having an eye both to the useful 
and the ornamental. See Omne tulit, &c. 

Delegdta potestas non potest delegdH. Coke. — " A power 



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that is delegated cannot again be delegated." That is, by 
the person to whom it is delegated. 

Delenda est Carthago. — " Carthage must be destroyed." A 
phrase with which Cato the Elder used to end all his 
speeches, to stimulate the people to the destruction of 
Carthage, which from its wealth and commerce he looked 
upon as the most dangerous enemy of Rome. 

Deleo omnes dehinc ex animo mulieres. Teb. — " From hence- 
forth I blot out all women from my mind." 

Deliberando scppe perit occdsio. Stb. — " The opportunity is 
often lost by deliberating." This may occur W'here we 
have to perform a duty in a given time. 

Deliberandum est diu quod statuendum est semel, Stb. — 
" Time must be taken for deliberation, where we have to 
determine once for all." 

Deliberdre uttlia, mora est tutisshna. Stb. — " To deliberate 
about useful things is the safest of all delay." 

Deliberat Roma, perit Saguntum. Prov. — " Bome deliberates, 
Saguntum perishes." The Saguntines, the brave allies of 
Home, perished while the Romans were deliberating how 
to save them. Too much deliberation is nearly as dan- 
gerous as too little. See Dum deliberamus, &c. 

Delicice illepldcB at que inelegantes. Catull. — " Gross and 
vulgar pleasures." 

Del'iramenta doctr'ince. — " The ravings of the learned." Such, 
for instance, as the question which was seriously argued 
among the schoolmen, how many angels could dance on 
the point of a needle. 

Dellrant reges, plectuntur Achivi. Hob. — "The kings 

play the madman, the Achaeans (the people) are punished 
ior it." When kings fight, it is at the expense of the 
blood and treasure of their subjects. 

Delphinum natdre doces. Prov. — " You are teaching a dol- 
phin how to swim." "You are teaching your grandam to 
suck eggs." 

Delphinum sylvis appingit, flucttbus aprvm. Hob. — "He 
paints a dolphin in tne woods, a boar in the waves." A 
description of the incongruities of a wretched painter. 

Demetri, teque TigelU, 

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— " Tou, Demetrius, and you, Tigellius, I bid lament 
among the forms of your female pupils." Addressed to 
frivolous authors. 

Demitto auriculas ut inlquce mentis asellus. Hob. — " Like 
an ass of stubborn disposition, I drop my ears." 

Demque non omnes eddem mirantur amantque. Hob. — " All 
men, in fact, do not admirfe and love the same things." 
No two men probably have the same tastes, any more than 
exactly similar bodies and features. 

Deo docfite nil nocet invidia, et non dante^ nil proficit labor. 
— " With the favour of God, envy cannot injure us ; with- 
out that favour, all our labours are of no avail." 

Deo favente. — " With God's favour." 

Deo juvante.—" ^ith. God's help." 

Deo optmo maximo. — "To God, all good and all great.'* 
The usual beginning of epitaphs in Roman Catholic coun- 
tries, denoted by the initials, D. O. M. 

Deo volente. — " God willing." Often denoted by the ini- 
tials, D. V. 

Debrum cibus est. Prov. — " 'Tis food fit for the gods." 

Deprendi imserum est. — Hob. — " To be detected is a shock- 
ing thing." 

Derelictio communis utilitdtis contra natHram est. Cic. — 
*' The abandonment of the common good is contrary to 
nature." 

Derldet, sed non derJdeor. — " He laughs, but I am not laughed 
at." Said by a wise man, who will not take an affront. 

Derivativa potestas non potest esse major primitlvd. Law 
Maocim. — " A power that is derived cannot be greater than 
that from which it is derived." 

Descriptas servdre vices, operumque colores, 

Cur ego, si nequeo ignbrbque, poeta salutor ? HoB. 
— "If I am incapable of, and ignorant how to observe 
the distinctions described, and the complexions of works 
of genius, why am I saluted with the name of ' Poet'?" 

Desiderantem quod satis est, neque 
Tumultubsum sollicitat mare, 
# « « 

Non verherdtcB grandme vmece, 
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— " Him who desires but a competence, neither the tem- 
pestuous sea renders anxious, nor yet vineyards pelted 
with hail, nor disappointments in his farm." 

Designdtio unius est exclusio alterius. Coke. — " The men- 
tion of one condition implies the exclusion of another." 

Des^inant 

Maledicere, facta ne noscant sua. Teb. 

— " Let them cease to speak ill of others, lest they should 

happen to hear of their own doings." 

Desine fata Deum flecti sperdre precando. YiBG. — " Cease 
to hope that the decrees of the gods can be changed 
through your prayers." 

Desmit in piscem mulier formbsa superne. Hob. — " A woman 
beautiful above, ends in the tail of a fish." A description 
of bad taste and incongruity of style. 

Destitatus ventis remos adhtbe. — " When the wind fails, ply 
your oars." 

Desunt ccetera. — " The rest is wanting." Words often placed 
at the end of an imperfect narrative. 

Desunt inopice multa, avaritice omnia. Prov. — " Poverty is 
in want of much, avarice of everything." With the one, 
a wish to gain money is natural, with the other, a disease. 

Det ille veniam factle, cui venid est opus. Sen. — " He who 
needs pardon, should readily grant pardon." 

Deteribres omnes sumus licenjtid. Tee. — " We are all of us 
the worse for too much licence." There are spoilt children 
even among men. 

Detestando illo crlmine, scelera omnia complexa sunt. Cic. — 
" In that one detestable crime all wickedness is comprised." 

Detrahere aVtquid alteri, et Jiommem homlnis inco^nmodo suum 
augere commodum, magis est contra naturam quam mors, 
quam paupertas, quam dolor, quam ccetera quce possunt aut 
corpori accidPre, aut rebus externis. Cic. — "To deprive 
another of anything, and for one man to increase his own 
advantage by the distress of another, is more repugnant 
to nature, than death, or poverty, or grief, or any other 
contingencies that can possibly befall our bodies, or affect 
our external circumstances." 

Detur aliquando otium quiesque fessis. Sen. — " Rest and 
repose should sometimes be granted to the weary." Tho 
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Detur pulchriori. — " Let it be given to the most beautiful.'* 

The inscription on the golden apple, bj adjudging which 

to the goddess Venus, Paris offended Juno and Minerva, 

and ultimately caused the Trojan war. 
Deum namque ire per omnes 

Terrasque, tractusque maris, coelumque profundum. Yieg. 

— " For God, they say, pervades all lands, the tracts of sea, 

and the heaven profound." In these lines Virgil gives a 

broad outline oi the Pantheistic philosophy. 
Betis det. — "May God grant." In the miadle ages, grace 

at meat was so called, from the commencing words. 
Deus est mortdli juvdre mortdlem, et hcec ad cpternam gloriam 

via. Pliny the Elder. — " For man to assist man is to be 

a god ; this is the path that leads to everlasting glory." 
Deus est summum bonum. — " God is the supreme good." 
Deus hcecfortasse henignd 

JReducet in sedem vice. — Hoe. 

— " God wiU, perhaps, by some propitious change, restore 

these matters to their former state." 
Deus id vult. — "It is the wiU of God." The cry of the 

Crusaders at the siege of Jerusalem. 
Deus miseredtur nobis. — " God be merciful unto us." The 

beginning of the 67th Psalm. 
Deus nobis hwc otia fecit. Vieg. — " God has granted 

unto us this repose." 
Deus omnibus quod sat est suppedUat. — " God supplies 

enough to all." Because G-od alone is properly the judge 

of what is enough. 
Dextras dare. — " To give the right hands to each other." 

An assurance of mutual friendship, or at least of security, 

because two right hands, when clasped, cannot conceal 

any weapon. 
Dextro tempore. Hoe. — "At a propitious time." At a 

lucky moment. 
Di bene feceruntj inopis me quodque pusilli 

Finxerunt animi, rare et perpauca loquentis. Hoe. 

— " The gods have dealt kindly with me, since they have 

framed me of an humble and meek disposition, speaking 

but seldom and briefly." 
Dt bene vertant, tene crumenam. Plaut. — " May the gods 

send luck — take the purse." 



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-Di immortdles, obspcro, aurum quid valet. Plaut. T 



" Immortal gods, I do beseech you, how powerful is gold !" 
Di laneos pedes habenf. Frov.—'' The gods have feet made 
of wool." The judgments of Providence overtake us 
silently, and when we least expect them. 

Di melius, quam nos monedmtis tdlia quenquam. Ovid. 

" May the gods forbid that I should advise any one to 
follow such a course." 
Di nobis laboribus omnia vendunt. Frov.—'' The gods sell us 
everything for our labours." 

Di nos quasi pilas hommes habent. Plaut. — " The ffods 

treat us men like balls." 
Di, quibus imperium est animdrum, vmbrmque silentes, 
Et Chaos, et Fhlegethon, loca node tacentia late ; 
Sit mihifas audita loqui ! sit nUmine vestro 
Fandere res altd terra et callgine mersas. Vieg. 

— " Ye gods, to whom belongs the empire of the ghosts, and 
ye silent shades, and Chaos, and Phlegethon, places where 
silence reigns around in night ! permit me to utter the 
secrets I have heard ; may I by your divine will disclose 
thmgs buried deep in the earth and darkness." 

Di talem terris avertUe pestem. Vieg. — "Ye gods, 

avert from the earth such a scourge." 
Di tibi dent annos! a te nam ccetera sumes ; 

Sint mode virtuti tempora longa tuce. Ovid. 

—"May the gods grant thee length of years! AU other 
blessmgs from thyself thou wilt derive, let only time be 
granted for thy virtues." 
Dt tibi sintfacUes ; et apis nullltis egentem 

Fortunam prcestent, diss^milemque mece. Ovid. 
— " May the gods be propitious to thee ; may they also 
grant thee a fate that needs the aid of no one, and quite 
unlike to mine." 
Die mihi, eras istud, Fosthume, quando veniet? Maet.— 
"Tell, me, Posthumus, when will this to-morrow arrive ?" 
Said to a procrastinating friend. 
Die mihi, si fias tu leo, qualis eris ? Maet. — " Tell me, if 
you were a lion, what sort of one would you be?" No 
man should speak too positively as to how he would con- 
duct himself under a total change of circumstances and 
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Dicam insigne, recens adhuc 

Indicium ore alio. Hob. 

— " I shall record a remarkable event, whicli is new as 

yet, and untold by the lips of another." 
IHcebam, Medicare tuos desiste capillos : 

Tingere quam jpos^i^, jam tihi nulla coma est. Ovid. 

" I used to say — i)o leave off doctoring your hair ; and 

now you have no hair left for you to dye." 
IHcenda, tacenda locutus. HoR.— " Speaking of things 

to be mentioned and to be kept silence upon." 
-IHcenda tacendaque calles ? Pees.—" Dost thou under- 



stand when to speak, and when to hold thy tongue?" 
Dicere quce puduit, scrihere jmsit amor. Ovid. — " What I 

was ashamed to say, love has commanded me to write." 
IHcetur mer^itd nox quoque ncenid. Hoe. — " The night too 

shall be celebrated in an appropriate lay." 
Didte Id Pcean, et Id his dic^te Fcean ; 

BecWit in casses prceda petlta meos. Ovid. 

— " Sing lo Paean, and lo Pajan twice sing, the prey that 

was sought has fallen into our toils." Ovid says this, 

having taught the men the arts of successful courtship. 

Art of love, B. ii. 
DicUis, omnis in imbecillitdte est et gratia et cartas. Cic. — 

" You affirm that all kindness and benevolence is founded 

in weakness." 
BicUur certe vulgdri quodam proverhio ; Qui me amat, amat 

et canem meum. St. Bernaed. — " At all events there is 

a certain common proverb which says, Love me, love my 

dog." 
IHcta tihi est lex. Hoe. — " The law has been laid down 

for you." 
Dicto celerius hostis ahscidit caput, 

Yictorque rediit Ph^d. 

— " Sooner than you could say it, he whipped off the head 

of the enemy, and returned victorious." 
Dictum de dido. — "A report founded on hearsay." 
Dictum sapienti sat est. Plaut. and Tee. — " A word to tho 

wise is enough." A hint is enough for a sensible man. 
Dictus eram cuidam suhlto venisse puellce ; 

Turhlda perversas induit ilia comas. Ovid. 

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to a certain lady ; in her confusion she put on her wig 
the wrong side before." 
Diem per dUi!~''l have lost a day!" The exclamation of 
the Emperor Titus, on finding at night that he had done 
nothing worthy of recollection during the day. 
Dies admit (Bgritudtnem. Prov.—'' Time removes afflictions.'* 
Dies datus. Law Term.^'' K day given." The day ap- 
pointed for appearing. 
Dies dolorem minuit. — " Time alleviates grief." 
Dies Domimcus non est jurid^icus. Coke.—" Sunday is not a 
day in law." 

Dies faustus. — "A lucky day." 
Dies infaustus. — " An unlucky day." 
Dies irce, dies ilia, 

Sceclum solvet infavilld 
Teste David cum Sihylld. 

" The day of wrath, that dreadful day, 
The world in ashes all shall lay — 
This David and the Sibyl say." 
These are the commencing lines of the Sequence used by 
the Eomish Church in the Office of the Dead. The 
authorship of this hymn, which is of considerable beauty, 
does not seem to be positively known. It has been at- 
tributed to Thomas de Celano, a Minorite friar of the 
fourteenth century, but, more generally, to Frangipani 
Cardinal Malabrancia. ' 

Dies, nifallor, adest, quem semper acerhum, 

Semper honordtum, sic Di voluistis, hahiiho. Virg. 
— " The day, if I mistake not, is at hand, which I shall 
always account a day of sorrow, always a day to be 
honoured, such, ye gods, has been your will." 
Dies non (the word juridicus being understood).—" No legal 
day." A day on which the courts are closed, and no law 
proceedings are going on, which is therefore called " no 
day." Such days were by the Eomans called "nefasti." 
Sunday is a dies non in law. See Dies Dominicus, &c. 
Dies SI in ohligatiomhus non p5n7tur, prcesente die dehPtur. 
Law Maxim.—'' li a day for payment is not stated in a 
bond, the money is due on the day on which it is ex- 
ecuted." 

Dies solemnes. — "Holidays." 

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Difficile cusfodltur quod plures amant. — " That is preserved 

with difficulty which many covet." 
Difficile est, fateor, sed tendit in ardua virtus. Ovid. — " It 

is difficult, I confess ; but true courage seeks obstacles." 
Difficile est longum suhito deponere amorem. Catull.— -" It 

is difficult to relinquish on a sudden a long cherished 

love." 
Difficile est mutdre animum, et si quid est penitus insitvm 
moribus, id suhito evellere. Cic— " It is difficult to alter 
the disposition, and, if there is anything deeply implanted 
in our nature, suddenly to root it out." 
Difficile est plurimum virtHtem revereri, qui semper secundd 
fortund sit usus. Ad Heeenn. — " It is difficult for him 
to have a very high respect for virtue, who has enjoyed 
uninterrupted prosperity." It is doubted if the four 
Books on Ehetoric, dedicated to Herennius, are the com- 
position of Cicero. 

Difficile est satiram non scrih^re Juv. — " It is hard to 

avoid writing satire." This was especially true in refer- 
ence to the corrupt age in which Juvenal lived. 
Difficile est temperdre felicitdti, qua te non putes diu usHmm. 
Tacit. — " It is difficult to enjoy with moderation the hap- 
piness, which we suppose we shall not long enjoy." 
Difficilem oportet aurem habere ad crimina. Syr. — " One 

should be slow in giving ear to accusations." 
Difficilia qucB pulchra. Frov. — " The best things are worst 

to come by." 
Difficilis, facilis, jucundus, acerb us es idem ; 

Nee tecum possum v'tvere, nee sine te. Mabt. 
— " Crabbed but kind, pleasant and sour together, I can 
neither live with you nor yet without you." 
Difficilis, querulus, laudator temporis acti. Hon. — " Peevish, 
complaining, the praiser of by-gone times." A natural 
and not unamiable feature, if not carried to an extreme. 

Difficulter continetur spiritus, 

Integritdiis qui sincercs conscius, 
A noocibrum premitur insolentiis. Ph^d. 
— "The mind is with difficulty restrained, which, con- 
scious of unsullied integrity, is exposed to the insults of 
spiteful men." 
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which have grown with our growth are with difficulty- 
lopped away." 
Diffugiunt, cadis 



CumfcEce siccdtis, arh'tci 
Ferre jngum pdriter dolosi. Hob. 

— " Friends too faithless to bear equally the yoke of ad- 
versity, when the casks are emptied to the very dregs, fly 
off in all directions." 

Dignior est vestro nulla puella choro. Tibull. — "No 
maiden, (Muses,) is more worthy of your choir." 

Dignum laude virum Musa vetat mori. Hoe. — " The Muse 
forbids the man who is worthy of praise to die." 

Dignum patella opercrdum. — "A cover worthy of the pot." 
What better could be expected of one coming of such a 
stock ? 

-Dignum sapiente, bonoque est. Hoe. — " 'Tis worthy a 

wise man, and a good." 

Diis aliter visum ViEG. — " It has seemed otherwise to 

the gods." 

Diis proximus ille est 

Quern ratio, non ira movet, qui facta rependens 

Consilio punlre potest Claud . 

-— " He is nearest to the gods, whom reason, not passion, 
influences; and who, weighing the circumstances, can 
inflict punishment with discretion." 

Dilatidnes in lege sunt odibsce. Law Maxim. — "Delays iu 
the law are odious." 

Dlligere jmrentes prima naturce lex est. Val. Max. — "To 
love one's parents is the first law of nature." 

DUigimus omnia vera, id est JidHia, simplicia, constantia ; 
vana, falsa, fallentia bdimus. Cic. — " We (naturally) 
love all qualities that are genuine, that is, that are faith- 
ful, frank, and constant ; such as are vain, fickle, and de- 
ceitful, we abhor." 

Diligitur nemo, nisi cui Fortiina secunda est, 

Quce, simul intonuit, proxima quceque fugat. Ovid. 
— " No one is beloved, but the man to whom Fortune is 
favourable ; soon as she thunders, she chases away all that 
are near." 

Dimidium facti, qui coepit, Tiabet Hob.—" He who has 



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made a beginning, has half done." This is sometimes 
quoted " bene ccepitr So our old proverb, " WeU begun 
is half done." 

Birmdium plus toto. Prov.—'' The half is more than the 
whole." Meaning that the half which we have with 
safety, is better than the whole when only to be obtained 
with danger. A translation from Hesiod. 

J>iruit, cedificat, mutat quadrdta rotundis. HoR. — " He pulls 
down, he builds up again, he changes square for round." 
Descriptive of a restless love of change. 

I>isce aut discede. — "Learn or depart." A punning motto 
sometimes put up in school-rooms. 

jyisce docendus adhuc, qucB censet amJculus, ut si 
Ccecus iter monstrdre velit ; tamen aspice si quid 
Et nos quod cures proprium fecisse loqudmur. HoK. 
— " Hear what are the sentiments of your humble friend, 
who himself still requires teaching just as much as a blind 
man who undertakes to show the way ; however, see if 
even I can advance anything which you may think it 
worth your while to adopt as your own." 

Disce, puer, virtutem ex me, verumque labor em, 

Fortunam ex aliis Vibo. 

— " Learn, my son, valour and real exertion from me, good 
fortune from others." The words of ^neas to lulus, when 
the former was about to engage Turnus in single combat. 

Bisclpiilus est prioris posterior dies. Syr. — " The day that 
follows is the scholar of that which has gone before." 

Discit enim citius, memmitque lihentiiis illud 

Quod quis der'idet quam quod probat et venerdtur. Hob. 
— " Each learns more readily, and retains more willingly, 
that which causes laughter than that which merits his ap- 
probation and respect." The poet here censures that love 
of scandal which prevails unfortunately among all grades 
and classes. 

BiscUejustitiam momti et nan temnPre divos. Vibg. — " Learn 
justice from my advice, and not to despise the gods." The 
words of one who spoke from bitter experience, and when 
repentance was too late. 

BiscrPpant facta cum dictis. Cic. — " The facts differ from 
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Bisjecti membra poetce. Hob. — " The limbs of the dis- 
membered poet." 

Bisjice compositam pacem, sere crimina belli. Vibg. — " Cast 
aside this patched-up peace, sow the evils of war." The 
address of Juno to the Fury Alecto, when prompting her 
to "let slip the dogs of war." 

Bisslmile est, pecUnice debitis et grdtice. Cic. — " There is a 
difference between the owing of money and of gratitude.** 

Bissolve frigus, ligna super foco 
Large reponens, atque benignius 
Beprbme quadrlmum Sab'ind, 
O Thaliarche, merum dibtd. Hob. 

— "Dispel the cold, by heaping logs in plenty on the 
hearth, and bountifully pour, O Thaliarchus, the wine of 
four years old from the Sabine jar." 

Bistat opus nostrum ; sed fonftbus exit ah isdem ; 

Artis et ingPnuce cultor uterque sumus. Ovid. 

— " Our pursuits are different ; but they arise from the 
same source, and each of us is the cultivator of a liberal 
art." 

Bistrdhit dnimum librorum multitUdo. Sen. — " A multitude 
of books distracts the mind." A hint to dilettanti students. 

Bistrictus ensis cui semper impid 
Cervice pendet, non Siculce dapes 
Bulcem elabordbunt saporem, 
Non avium citMrceque cantus 
Somnum rPducent. HoB. 

— " Sicilian dainties will not force a delicious relish for 
the man over whose impious neck ever hangs the naked 
sword ; the songs of birds and of the lyre will not re- 
store his sleep." 

Bistringas. Law Phrase. — "You may distrain." A writ 
issued to the sheriff, commanding him to distrain. 

Biversum vitio vitium prope majus Hoe. — " To this vice 

there is an opposite vice, almost the greater of the two." 

Dives agris, dives posUis in foendre nummis. Hob. — " Rich 
in lands, rich in money placed out at interest." 

Bives amicus 

Scepe decern vltiis instructior, odit et horret. Hob. 

— -" Your rich friend who has many a time been initiated 

into ten times as many vices as you have, hates and ab- 



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hors you (for yours).*' He sees the mote in your eye, 
and takes no thought of the beam in his own. 

Dives out iniquus est, out mJqui hceres. Prov. — " A rich 
man is either a knave, or the heir of a knave." As illiberal 
as the English adage : 

" It is a saying, common more than civil. 
The son is blest, whose sire is at the devil." 

Dives eram dudum, fecerunt me tria nudum, 
Alea, vina, Venus, per qum sum foetus egenus. 
— " I was rich of late ; three things have made me poor, 
gaming, wine, and women; through these have I been 
brought to want." Leonine rhymes of the middle ages. 

Dives qui fieri vult, 

Et cito vult fieri Juv. 

— " The man who is anxious to become rich, is anxious to 
become so with all speed." 

Divide et impera. — " Divide and rule." Not a Christian pre- 
cept, but one which has been often acted upon by suc- 
cessful politicians. 

Divlsum sic hrevefiet opus. Maet. — " Thus divided, the 

work will become short." All difficulties are to be sur- 
mounted by method. 

Divities grandes homini sunt, v'lvere parce 

JEqito ammo LrCR. 

— " It is great wealth to a man, to live frugally, with a 
contented mind." 

Divitics virum faciunt. — "Money makes the man." It is 
fortunate that this is not universally the case, and that 
people are sometimes estimated for other qualities. See 
Et genus et proavos, &c. 

Divitidrum acquisitio magni laboins, possessio magni timoris, 
amissio magni doloris. — " The gaining of wealth is a work 
of great labour ; the possession, a source of great appre-i^ 
hension; the loss, a cause of great grief." 

Divitidrum et formes gloria fiuxa at que fragllis ; virtus clara 
ceternaque hahetur. Sall. — " The glory of wealth and of 
beauty is fleeting and unsubstantial ; virtue is brilliant 
and everlasting." 

Dixerit e multis dltquis. Quid viru^ in angues 

Adjwis ? et ralndce tradis ovile lupce ? Ovid. 

— " One of the multitude may say. Why add venom to the 



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serpent ? And why deliver the sheepfold to the ravenin? 
wolf?" ^ 

Dixero quid si forte jocosius, hoc miJii juris 

Cum venid dahis Hoe. 

— -" If perchance I shaU speak a little jocosely, you wiU 
kindly allow me that privilege." 

DocUes imitandis 

Turpihus et pravis omnes sumus Jut. 

— " We are all apt scholars in learning that which is base 
and depraved." 
Docti non solum vivi atque prcesentes studiosos dicendi era- 
diunt, atque docent ; sed hoc etiam post mortem monimentis 
literdrum assequuntur. Cic. — "Learned men not only 
teach and instruct others desirous to learn during their 
life, and while they are still with us, but, even after death, 
they do the same by the records of literature which they 
leave behind them." 

Docti rationem artis intelUgunt, indocti voluptdtem. Quint. 
— " Learned men understand the principles of art, the 
unlearned have a perception of the pleasure only." 

Doctrina est ingenii naturdle quoddam pdhidum. CiC. — 
" Learning is as it were the natural food of the mind." 

Doctrina sed vim prombvet insUam, 
Bectique cultus pectora rohorant : 
Utcunque dPfecere mores, 
Dedecorant bene nata culpce. Hoe. 
-^" But learning improves the innate force, and good dis- 
cipline confirms the mind ; whenever morals are deficient, 
vices disgrace what is naturally good." 

Dolendi modus, timendi non autem. Flint the Younger. 

" To grief there is a limit, not so to fear." 

Doli non doli sunt, nisi astu colas. Plaut. — " Fraud ceases 

? to be a fraud, il* not artfully planned." The intention with 
which an action is done gives it its real weight and im- 
portance. 

Dolium voMtur. Prov.—" A cask is soon set a rolling." A 
weak man is easily turned from his purpose. 

Dolor decrescit, uhi quo crescat non hahet. Stb. — "Grief 
decreases, when it has nothing to make it increase." 

Dolorem aut extimescere venientem, aut non ferre prwsentem 
turpe est. Cio.— -" To be terrified at an approaching evil' 



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or not to be able to bear up against it when present, is 
disgraceful." 
-Dolus an virtus, quis in hoste requirat ? Virg. — " Who 



inquires in an enemy whether it was stratagem or 
valour?" 

Dolus versdtur in ffenerdlthus. Law Max. — "Fraud em- 
ploys generalities." 

Domi manere convmit fel'icthv^. — " Those who are happy at 
home ought to remain there." 

Domi mansit, lanam fecit. — " She stayed at home and spun 
her wool." An epitaph upon an exemplary wife. 

Domi puer ea sola discere potest qucB ipsi prcecipientur : in 
schold etiam qua dliis. Quint. — " A boy can only learn 
at home those things which are taught him individually ; 
at school, he can learn by what is taught to others." 

Domlne, exaudi. — "Lord, listen to my prayer." 

Domtnium a possessione coepisse d'lcitur. Law Maxim. — 
"Eight is said to have had its beginning in possession." 
Length of possession is sufficient to give a legal title. 

Dwimus vobiscum. — " The Lord be with you." 

Domitce naturcB. — " Of a tame nature." See Ferce naturce. 

Domus am'ica domus optima. — " The house of a friend is the 
best of houses." 

Domtis procerum. — "The house of peers." Often written 
Dom. proc. 

Domus sua est unicuique tutissmum refugium. Coke. — 
" Every man's house is his safest refuge." " Every man's 
house is his castle." 

Dona prcesentis cape Icetus Jiorce, et 

Linque severa. HoR. 

— " With cheerfulness enjoy the blessings of the present 

hour, and banish sad thoughts." 

Donatio mortis causa. Law Term. — " A gift made in appre- 
hension of death." A death-bed disposition of property, 
when a person delivers his personal goods to another to 
keep, in case of his decease. 

Donee eras sitnplex, animum cum corpore amdvi ; 
Nunc mentis vitio Icesafigura tua est. OviD. 

— " So long as you were disinterested I loved both your 
mind and your person ; now, to me, your appearance is 
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Donee erisfelix multos numerdhis amtcos ; 

Tempora sifuerint nuhlla, solus eris. Ovin. 

— " So long as you are prosperous you will reckon many 

friends ; if the times become cloudy, you will be alone." 

Donum exitidle Minerva;. Virg. — "The fatal gift of 

Minerva." The wooden horse, by means of which the 
Grreeks gained possession of Troy. 

Dormiunt aliquando leges, nunquam moriuntur. Coke. — "The 
law sometimes sleeps, it never dies." It is not so much 
the law that sleeps, as those who ought to put it in force ; 
often from a sense of the impolicy of asserting their legal 
rights to the very letter. 

Dos est magna parentum 

Virtus HoR. 

— " The virtue of one's parents is a great dowry." 

Dudhu^ anchoris nititur. — " She is held by two anchors.'* 
So our saying, " He has two strings to his bow." 

Duhiam salutem qui dat afflictis, negat. Sen. — " He who 
gives to the afflicted a dubious support, denies it." Such 
support is deprived of its grace, if not of its efficacy. 

Due me, Parens, celsique domindtor poli, 

Quocunque pldcuit ; nulla parendi mora est ; 

Adsum implger. Sen. 

— " Conduct me. Parent of all, and ruler over the lofty 

heavens, wherever it pleases thee ; in obeying thee 1 

make no delay ; I am ever ready at thy command." 

Duces tecum. Law Term. — "Bring with you." A writ 
which commands a person to appear in court on a certain 
day, and bring with him certain writings or evidences. 

Duc1,mus autem 

Hos quoque fel'ices, qui, f err e incommdda vitcs, 
Nee jactdre jugum, vita didicere magistrd. Juv. 
— "We consider those men happy, who, from their ex- 
perience in life, have learned to bear its inconveniences 
without struggling against the yoke." 

Duds ingenium, res 

AdverscB nuddre solent, celdre secundce. HoR. 
— " Disasters are wont to reveal the abilities of a general, 
good fortune to conceal them." Hence the most con- 
summate abilities of a general are shown in a masterly 
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Ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt. — " Fate leads the 
willing, and the unwilling drags." From the Greek of 
Cleanthes, in Seneca, Epistle 107. 

Dulce domurn.—"' Sweet home." A Latin song is thus called, 
which is sung at Winchester College, on the evening pre- 
ceding the Whitsun holidays. 

Bulce est desl/pere in loco. HoR. — " It is pleasant to play 
the fool on the proper occasion." As there is " a time 
for everything," there is a time for merriment and relaxa- 
tion. 

Ihilce est miseris socios hahuisse doloris. — " It is a comfort 
for the wretched to have companions in their sorrow." 

Dulce et decorum est pro patrid mori. Hoe. — " It is sweet 
and glorious to die for one's country." 

Dulces moriens reminiscUur Argos. ViEG. — "And, as he 
dies, his thoughts revert to his dear Argos." 

Dulcihus est verbis alliciendus amor. — " Love must be allured 
with kind words." 

Dulcior est fructus post multa per'icula ductus. — " The fruit 
is sweetest that is gained after many perils." A Leonine 
proverb quoted by Rabelais, " Stolen fruit is the sweetest." 

Dulcique dnwios novitdte teneho. Ovid.—" And I will 

enthral your mind with the charms of novelty." 

Dulcis amor patricBy dulce videre suos. — " Sweet is the love of 
one's country, sweet to behold one's kindred." 

Dulcis ineapertis cultura potentis amid ; 

JExpertus metuit Hoe. 

— " Worship of the great is pleasant to those who are in- 
experienced in the world, but he who has gained ex- 
perience dreads dependence." 

Dum Aurora fulget, montti adolescentes, flores coUiqite. — 
" Take my advice, my young friends, and gather flowers 
while the morning shines." Employ the hours of sun- 
shine, for "when the night cometh, no man can work." 

Dum bene dives ager ; dum rami pondere nutant, 

Affe.rat in caldtho ru^tlca dona puer. Ovid. 

— "While the country is bountifully rich, while the 
branches are bending beneath their load, let the boy 
bring your country presents in his basket." 

Dum caput infestat, labor omnia membra molestat. — "While 
the head aches, weariness oppresses all the limbs." 



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Dum curce amh1gu(t\ dum spes incerta futuri. ViiiG. — 

" While I am immersed in doubtful care, with uncertain 

hopes of the future." 
Dum deliberdmus quando incipiendum, incipere jam serum, fit. 

Quint. — " While we are deliberating when to begin, it 

becomes too late to begin." See Deliberate &c. 
Dum fata fuglmus, fata stulti incurrlmus. Buchanan. — 

" While we fly from our fate, like fools we rush on to it." 
Dum fata sinunt vivtte Iceti. Sen. — " So long as the Fates 

permit, live in cheerfulness." 
Dum fiammas Jovis et somtus imiidtur Olgmpi. ViRG. — 

" W^hile he imitates the flames of Jove, and the lightnings 

of Olympus." 
Dwm in dubio est animus, paulo momento Jiuc illuc impellUur. 

Tee. — " While the mind is in suspense, it is swayed by a 

slight impulse one way or the other." 
Dum lego, assentior, Cic. — "Whilst I read, I assent." 

The exclamation of Cicero, while reading Plato's reason- 
ing on the immortality of the soul. 
Dumi licet, in rebus jucundis vive bedtu^, 

Vive memor quam sis cevi brevis. Hoe. 

— " While you have the power, live contented with happy 

circumstances, live mindful how short is life." See JDum 

vivimuSj &c. 
-Dum loquor, Jiora fugit. Ovid. — " While I am speak- 



ing, time flies." 
Dum ne ob malefacta peream, parvi cesftmo. Plaut. — " So I 

do not die for my misdeeds, I care but little.' ' 
Dum potuit solitd gemitum virtute repressit. Ovid. — " So 

long as he is able, he suppresses his groans with his 

wonted fortitude." Said of Hercules when he has put on 

the fatal garment sent him by his wife. 
Dum recUas inclpit esse tuu^. Maet. — " As you recite 

it, it begins to be your own." See Mutato nomine, &c. 
Dwn se bene gesserit. — "So long as he conducts himself 

well." "During good behaviour." The tenure upon 

which some official situations are held. 
Dum singiili pugnant, universi vincuntur. Tacit. — " While 

each is fighting separately, the whole are conquered." The 

Britons, being divided among themselves by the jealousies 

of their petty nations, and haying no centre of action, 



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were more easily conquered by the Romans than if they 
had acted in concert. 

Dum spiro, spero. — " While I breathe I hope." 

Dum tacent, clamant. Cic. — " While eilent, they cry aloud." 
Their silence is expressive of their smothered discon- 
tent. 

Dum vires annique sinunt, tolerate labores : 
Jam vPniet tdclto curva senecta pede. Ovid. 
— " While strength and years permit, endure labour ; soon 
will bowed old age come on with silent foot." 

Dum vitant stulti vltia, in contrdria currunt. Hoe. — " While 
fools are for avoiding one fault, they run into the oppo- 
site one." 

Dum vivimuSy vivdmus. From an ancient inscription in 
Gruter, p. 609. — " While we live, let us live." Let us 
enjoy life, for existence without enjoyment is not living. 
This was the maxim of the Epicureans. See Dmn licet, &c. 

Dum vivit, hommem noveris ; uhi mortuus est, quiescas. 
Pla.ut. — " While he is alive, you may know a person ; 
when he is dead, keep yourself quiet." 

Dummodo mordta recte veniat, dotdta est satis. Plaut. — 
" So long as a woman comes with good principles, she is 
sufficiently portioned." 

Dummodo sit dives, barbarus ipse placet. Ovid. — " If he 
be only rich, a very barbarian is pleasing." 

Duobus modis, id est aut fraude aut vi. Jit injdria — fraus 
quasi vulpeculce, vis leonis videtur — utrumque ab homine 
alienissimum est. Cic. — " Injury is done by two methods, 
either by deceit or by violence ; deceit appears to be the 
attribute of the fox, violence of the lion j both of them 
most foreign to man." 

Duos qui sequitur lepores neutrum capit. JProv. — " He who 
follows two hares catches neither." So our saying, "Be- 
tween two stools," &c. 

Duplex omnino est jocandi genus : unum illiberdle, p^tulans, 

Jlagitidsum, obscoenum ; alterum, elegans, urbdnum, ingeni- 

osum, facetum. Cic. — " There are two sorts of pleasantly ; 

the one ungentlemanly, wanton, flagitious, obscene; the 

other elegant, courteous, ingenious, and facetious," 

■ Dura 

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— "Exert a rigorous sway, and check the straggling 
boughs." 

Durante benepldcito. — "During our good pleasure." The 
tenure by which most official situations are held in this 
country. 

Durante vita. — " During life." 

Durdte, et vosmet rebus servdte secundis. ViRG. — " Perse- 
vere, and reserve yourselves for better times." 

Durv/m et durum non fdciunt murum. — " Hard and hard do 
not make a wall." A mediaeval proverb. As bricks re- 
quire a soft substance to unite them, so proud men will 
never agree without the mediation of a mild and equable 
disposition. 

Durum ! Sed leviusfit patientid 

Quicquid corrlgere est nefas. HoR. 

— "'Tis hard! But that which it is not allowed us to 

amend, is rendered more light by patience." 

Durum, telum necess^tas. Frov. — " Necessity is a sharp 
weapon." 

Dux foemina facti. Virg. — " A woman the leader in the 
deed." Said in reference to the valour and enterprise of 
Queen Dido. 

E. 



E contra. — " On the other hand." 

E dPhlto justitice. See Debito justitice. 

£! flammu cibum petere. Ter. — "To seek one's food in the 
very flames." Only the most abject and wretched would 
pick from out of the flames of the funeral pile the articles 
of food, which, in conformity with the Roman usage, were 
thrown there. 

E multis paleis, paulum fructus collegi. Prov. — " From much 
straw I have gathered but little fruit." "Much straw, 
but little grain." With much labour I have obtained but 
little profit. 

E se finxit velut ardneus. — " He spun from himself like a 
spider." He depended solely on his own resources, 

E tardigrddis dsmis equus n^on prodiit. Prov. — " The horse 
does not spring from the slow-paced ass." Worthy chil- 



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dren cannot be expected to spring from degenerate pa- 
rents. 

E tPnui casd scepe vir magnus exit, Prov, — " From an hum- 
ble cottage a hero often springs." 

E terrcB cavernis ferrum eltcimus^ rem ad colendos agros neces- 
sdrium. Cic. — " We draw forth iron from the depths of 
the earth, a thing necessary for cultivating the fields." 

Ea anmi eldtio qucB cemitur in perJculu, si jusfitid va<;at, 
pugnatque pro suis commodis, in vitio est. Cic. — " That 
elevation of mind which is to be seen in moments of peril, 
if it is uncontrolled by justice, and strives only for its own 
advantages, becomes a crime." 

Ea fama vagdtur. — " That report is in circulation." There 
is a report to that effect. 

Ma quoniam nenuni obtrudi potest, 

Itur ad me Ter. 

— "Because she cannot be pushed off on any one else, 
they come to me." 

Ea sola voluptas 

Soldmenque mail ViEQ. 

— " That was his only delight, and the solace of his mis- 
fortune." 

Ea sub oculis pos\ta negltgmtLS ; proximorum incuriosi., Ion- 
ginqua sectdmur. Pliny the Younger. — "Those things 
which are placed under our eyes, we overlook ; indifferent 
as to what is near us, we long for that which is distant." 
The traveller abroad overlooks the beauties of his own 
country. 

" 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view." 
Ecce homo. — "Behold the man." The title given to pic- 
tures of our Saviour, wearing the crown of thorns and 
the piu-ple robe— when Pilate said, "Behold the man," 
John xix. 5. 

Ecce iterum Orispinus! Juv. — " Behold ! Crispinus once 

again !" A notorious debauchee and favourite of the em- 
peror Domitian, whom Juvenal has occasion more than 
once to make the object of his satire. 

Ecquem esse dices in mari piscem mevm ? Platjt. — " Of 
which fish in the sea can you say, * That is mine ? ' " 

Edepol ms hie dies pervorsus et advorsus mihi obtigit. Plaut. 



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— " Upon my word, this day certainly has turned out both 
perverse and adverse for me." 

Edere non poteris vocem, luptis est tibi visus. Prov. — " You 
cannot utter a word, you have surely seen a wolf." It 
was said that the wolf, by some secret power, deprived 
of their voice those who beheld it. See Luptis infabuld. 

Edere oportet ut vivas, non vivere ut edas. Ad Heeenn.— 
" You ought to eat to live, not live to eat." 

Edvardum occld^re nolite timere bonum est. — The ambiguous 
message penned by Adam Orleton, bishop of Hereford, 
and sent by Queen Isabella to the gaolers of her husband, 
Edward II. Being written without punctuation, the 
words might be read two ways ; with a conmia after timere, 
they would mean, " Edward to kill fear not, the deed is 
good ; " but, with it after nolite, the meaning would be, 
" Edward kill not, to fear the deed is good." 

Effodiuntur opes irrltamenta maldrwm. Ovid. — " Itiches, the 
incentives of evil, are dug out of the earth." 

Effugit mortem quisquis contemserit, tmidissimum quemqtie 
consequitur. Cuet. — " He who despises death, escapes it ; 
while the most cowardly it overtakes." 

Effutire leves indigna tragoedia versus, 

Utfestis matrbna rnoverijussa diebus. Hoe. 

— " Tragedy disdains to babble forth trivial verses, like a 

matron challenged to dance on festive days." 

Ego apros occido, sed alter Hfitur pulpamento. — " I kill the 
boars, while another enjoys the flesh." " I beat the bush, 
another catches the hare." A proverb used by the em- 
peror Diocletian. See Sic vos, &c. 

Ego consuetUdmem sermonis vocdbo consensum eruditorum ; 
sicut Vivendi consensum bonorum. Quint. — " I shall con- 
sider the style of speaking adopted by men of education, 
as the model of correct language ; as I do the example of 
good men the model of our conduct through life." 

Ego ero post principia. Tee. — " I will be behind the first 
rank." I will get out of harm's way. 

Ego et rex meus. — " I and my king.'* An expression attri- 
buted to Cardinal "Wolsey. Though apparently egotistical 
and haughty, correct Latin would not admit of any other 
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-Ego hcec mecum mussito, 



Bona mea inhiant ; certdtim dona mittunt et munera. 

Plaut. 
— " I mutter this to myself — ' They are gaping after my 
property, while, vying with each other, they are thus 
sending me gifts and presents.' " 

Ego ita coniperio omnia regna, civitdtes, nationes, mque eo 
prosperum imperium Tiahuisse, dum apud eos vera consili'a 
valuerunt. Sall. — " I find that all kingdoms, states, and 
nations have enjoyed prosperity, so long as good counsels 
have had influence in their affairs." 

Ego nee studiitm sine dlvite vena, 

Nee rude quid prosit v^ideo ingenium. — Hoe. 
— " Eor my part, I can neither conceive what study can 
do without a rich natural vein, nor what rude genius can 
avail of itself." 

Ego — quod te laudas, vehementer proho, 

Namque hoc ah alio nunquam continget tibi. Ph^d. 
— " I greatly approve of your bestowing praise on your- 
self, for it will never he your lot to receive it from another." 
The answer of ^sop to a wTetched author, who praised 
himself. 

Ego, si honam famam mihi servasso, sat ero dives. Plaut. — 
" If I keep a good character for myself, I shall be quite 
rich enough." 

Ego si risi, qiwd ineptus 

Eastillos Eufillus olet, Oargonius Tiircum, 
LivWus et mordax vldeor tibi ? — Hoe. 

— " If I laugh at the silly Eufillus, because he smells of 
perfumes, or at Gargonius, because he stinks like a he- 
goat, am I to be thought envious and carping ?" 

Ego spent pretio non emo. Tee. — " I will not purchase hope 
with gold." I will not throw away what is of value upon 
empty hopes. 

Egregii mortdlem, altique silenti. HoE. — " A being of 

extraordinary silence and reserve." 

Eheu ! fugdces, Eosthume, Eosthume, 
Lahuntur anni ; nee pietas moram 
Eugis et instanti senectce 
Afferet, indornitceque viorti. HoE. 

— " Alas ! Posthumus, Posthumus, our years pass away, 



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nor can piety stay wrinkles, and approaching old age, and 
unconquerable death." 

Eheu ! quam brevthus pereunt ingentia causis ! Claud. — 
"Alas! by what trifling causes are great states over- 

• thrown!" or, as Pope says, "What mighty contests 
spring from trivial things!" 

Eheu ! quam pingui macer est mihi taurus in arvo, 

Idem amor exUium pecori est, pecorisque magistro. ViEG. 
— " Alas ! how lean is my bull amid the rich pastures ! 
love is equally the destruction of the cattle, and of the 
cattle's master." 

Eheu ! 

Quam temere in nosmet legem sancimus iniquam ! 
Nam vitiis nemo sine nascUur ; optimum ille est, 

Qui minimis urgetur. Hoe. 

— " Alas ! how rashly do we sanction severe rules against 
ourselves, for no man is born without faults ; he is the 
best who is subject to the fewest." 

Eja, age, rumpe moras, quo te spectdbimus u^qite ? 

Dum quid sis dubitas, jam potes esse nihil. Maet. 

— " Come then, away with this delay, how long are we to 
be looking at you ? While you are in doubt what to be, 
presently it wiU be out of your power to be anything at 
ail. 

Eldti dnimi comprimendi sunt. — " Minds which are too much 
elated must be humbled." 

Elegit. Law Term. — "He has chosen." A writ of execu- 
tion that lies for one who has recovered a debt, to levy 
from a moiety of the defendant's lands: while holding 
which moiety the creditor is tenant by elegit. 

Elephantem ex mused facis, Erov. — "You are making an 
elephant of a fly." 

Elephantus non capit murem. Erov. — "The elephant does 
not catch mice." Some annoyances are beneath our 
notice. See Aquita non, &c. 

Ellge ewm cuju^ tibi pldcuit et vita et ordtio. Sen. — " Make 
choice of him whose mode of living and whose conversa- 
tion are pleasing to you." 

EUgito tempus, captdtum scepe, rogandi. Ovid. — " Choose 
your time for asking, after having often watched for it." 

Elocutio est idonedrum verbdrum et sententidrum ad rem in- 

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ventam accommoddtio. Cic. — " Elocution is an apt accom- 
modation of the words and sentiments to the subject 
under discussion." 

Moquentia non modo eos omat, penes quos est, sed etiam uni- 
versam rempuhttcam. Cic. — "Eloquence is not only an 
ornament to those who possess it, but even to the whole 
community." 

Emax foemina. Ovid. — "A woman who is always buying." 
A lover of bargains. 

Umere male quam rogdre. — " Better to have to buy than to 
beg." Because in the former case there is no obligation. 

— '—Ermtur sold virtute potestas. Claitd. — " (True) power 
is purchased by virtue alone." 

Empta dolore docet experientia. Prov. — " Experience bought 
by pain teaches us a lesson." 

Emunctcs naris homo. — "A man of sharp nose." One of 
quick perception. 

En ! hie decldrat, quales sitis judlces ! Phjed. — " Look ! 
This shows what sort of judges you are." 

Eo crassior aer est, quo terris propior. Cic. — " The air is 
the more dense, the nearer it is to the earth." 

Eo instanti. — "At that instant." 

Eo magis prcefulgehat quod non videldtur. Tacit. — " He 
shone with all the greater lustre, because he was not 
seen." Said of a great man whose statue was insidiously 
removed from public view. 

Ebdem eollyrio mederi ommbtis. Prov. — " To heal all with 
the same ointment." To use the same argument, or 
adopt the same course, with persons of all ages and classes. 

Eddem modo quo quid constituitur eddem modo dissolvUur. 
Coke. — " In the same manner in which an agreement is 
made, it is dissolved." If made by deed, it must be dis- 
solved by deed. 

Epicuri de grege porctm. Hoe. — " One of the swinish 

herd of Epicurus." 

Eques ipso meliar Bellerophonte. Hob. — "A better horse- 
man than Bellerophon himself." Bellerophon was master 
of the winged horse Pegasus. 

Equo frcendto est auris in ore. Hoe. — " The ear of a 

bridled horse is in his mouth." He is guided by the bit, 
not by words. 



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Equitis quoque jam migrdvit ah aure voluptas 
OmniSj ad incertos oculos, et gaudia vana. Hoe. 
— " In these days, our knights have transferred all pleasure 
from the hearing to the eyes that may deceive, and frivol- 
ous amusements." The poet rebukes the Roman equites 
for their love of the shows of the Circus and the amphi- 
theatre. 

Equus Seidnus. — "The horse of Seius." Cneius Seius, a 
Eoman citizen, possessed a horse of singular size and 
beauty, and supposed to be sprung from those of Dio- 
medes, king of Thrace. Seius was put to death by 
Antony, and the horse was bought for a large price by 
Cornelius DolabeUa. He in his turn was conquered by 
Cassius, and fell in battle ; upon which the horse came 
into the hands of Cassius. He slaying himself on being 
defeated by Antony, the horse came into Antony's pos- 
session ; who was afterwards defeated by Augustus, and 
put himself to death. The possession of this horse was 
considered so disastrous to its owner, that " The horse of 
Seius" became a proverbial expression for a thing that 
was supposed to bring ill luck. 

Erant in officio^ sed tamen qui mallent imperantium Toanddta 
interpretdri, quam exsequi. Tacit. — "They attended to 
their duties, but stiU as preferring rather to cavil at the 
commands of their rulers, than to obey them." Quoted 
by Lord Bacon in his Essays. 

Erant quibus appetentior fanus vtderetur, quando sapienttbus 
cup'ido glories novisstma exuitur. Tacit. — " There were 
some to whom he seemed too greedy of fame, at a time 
when the desire of glory, that last of all desires, is by the 
wise laid aside." Milton was probably indebted to this 
passage for his line on ambition, 

" That last infirmity of noble minds." 

Ergo hand difficXle est perituram arcessere summon, 
Lanclhus opposUis^ vel matris imdgme fractd. JuT. 
— "Therefore there is no scruple in borrowing a sum, 
soon to be squandered, by pawning their plate, or the bat- 
tered likeness of their mother." 

Eripe te mores. HoE. — " Away with aU delay." 

Ertpe turpi 

Collajugo, lAher, liber sum, die age. — Hob. 



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— " Rescue your neck from this vile yoke ; come, say, I am 
free, I am free." 

Erlpite isti gladium, qui sui est impos anmi. Plaut. — 
" Take away the sword from him w^ho is not in possession 
of his senses." 

Ur7pit interdum, modo dat mediclna salutem. OviD. — " Medi- 
cine sometimes takes away health, sometimes bestows it." 

Eripuit coelo fulmen, sceptrumque tyrannis. — " He snatched 
the lightning from heaven, and the sceptre from tyrants." 
This line, an adaptation of one from Manilius, was in- 
scribed by the French minister Turgot on a medal struck 
in honour of Benjamin Franklin. The allusion is to his 
discovery that lightning is produced by electricity, and 
to the support which he gave to his country in the asser- 
tion of its independence of the British crown. See Sol- 
vitque animis, &c. 

JErrdmus si ullam terrdrum partem immiinem a perlculo credi- 
mtis. Sen. — " We are mistaken if we believe that there 
is any part of the world free from danger." 

Hrrantem in viam reddcito. — "Bring back him who has 
strayed, into the right way." The duty of the pastor of 
the flock. 

— Urrat, et illinc 

Sue venit, hinc illuc^ et quoslihet occupat artus 
SpJritus ; eqtceferis humdna in corpora transit, 

Inqueferas noster. Otid. 

— " The soul wanders about and comes from that spot to 
this, from this to that, and takes possession of any limbs 
it may ; it both passes from the beasts into human 
bodies, and from us into the beasts." The Pythagorean 
doctrine of the transmigration of the soul. 

Esse honumfdcUe est, ubi quod vetet esse remotum est. Ovid. 
— " It is easy to be good, when that which would forbid it 
is afar ofi*." It is easy to be virtuous when we are not 
exposed to temptation. 

Esse quam videri malim. — " I would rather be, than seem to 
be." 

Esse quoque in Fatis reminiscUur affore tempus 
Quo mare, qtio tellus, correptaque regia coeli 
Ardeat ; et mundi moles operOsa lahoret. OviD. 
— " He remembers too that it was in the decrees of fate, 



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that a time should come when the sea, the earth, and 
the palace of heaven, seized by the flames, should be burnt ; 
and the laboriously- wrought fabric of the universe should 
be iu danger of perishing." So we read in Scripture, 
" But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the 
night ; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great 
noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the 
earth also, and the works that are therein, shaU be burnt 
up." 2 Pet. iii. 

Esse Solent magno damna minora bono. Ovid. — " Trivial 
losses are often of great benefit." 

Est amicus socius mensce, et non permanebit in die necessitdtis. 
— " Some friend is a companion at the table, and will not 
continue in the day of thy afliiction." — Eccltis. vi. 10. 
This, however, is only said of the class of so-called friends. 

Est ammus lucis contemptor ! ViBG. — " My soul is a 

contemner of the light ! " 

Est animics tibi 



Mervmque prudens, et secundis 

Temporalis duhiisque rectus. Hoe. 

— " You have a mind endowed with prudence in the affairi 

of life, and upright, as well ia prosperity as in adversity." 

Est aviditas dives, et pauper pudor. Ph^d. — " Covetousness 
is rich, while modesty starves." 

Est bonus ut melior vir 

Non alius quisquam. — Hoe. 

— " He is so good a man, that no one can be better." 

Est brevitdte opus, ut currat sententia. — Hoe. — " There is 
need of conciseness that the sentence may run agree- 
ably." 

Est demum vera felicitas, felicitate dignum videri. Plint 
tJie Younger. — " The truest happiness, in fine, consists in 
the consciousness that you are deserving of happiness." 

Est egentisstmus in sud re. — " He is much straitened in cir- 
cumstances." 

Est etiam miseris pietas, et in hoste probdtur. Ovid. — " To- 
wards the wretched there is a duty, and even in an enemy 
it is praised." 

Est etiam, ubi profecto damnum prcestet facer e, quam lucrum. 
Plaut. — "There are occasions when it is undoubtedly 
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105 



'JEst Jiic, 



JEst ubi vis, animus si te non deficit cequus. HoE. 

— " [Happiness] is to be found here, it is everywhere, if 

you possess a well-regulated mind." 

JEst in aqua dulci non invidiosa voluptds. Ovid. — " In pure 
water there is a pleasure begrudged by none." 

Est ipsi res angusta domi. — " His means are but very 
limited." 

Est mihi, sitqtte, precor^ nostris diutumior annis, 

Filia ; qua felix sospite semper ero. OviD. 

— " I have a daughter, and long, I pray, may she survive 
my years ; so long as she is in coinfort I shall ever be 
happy." 

Est miserorumy ut malevolentes sint atque invideant bonis. 
Plaijt. — " 'Tis the nature of the wretched to be ill-dis- 
posed, and to envy the fortunate." 

Est fnodus in rehus ; sunt certi den^que fines y 

Quos ultra citrdque nequit consistere rectum. Hok. 
— " There is a medium in all things ; there are, in fact, cer- 
tain bounds, on either side of which rectitude cannot ex- 
ist." The evils which have been produced by fanaticism, 
prompted by motives really good, are almost equal to 
those which have sprung from confirmed vice. The poet 
wisely commends the golden mean. 

Est multi fdbilla plena joci. Oyid. — "It is a short 

story, but full of fun." 

Est natura hominum novitdtis avida. Pliny the Elder. — 
" Man is by nature fond of novelty." 

Estne Dei sedes nisi terra^ et pontus, et aer, 

Et coelum^ et virius ? Superos quid qucerimus ultra ? 
Jupiter est, quodcunque vides, quocunque moveris. LrCAN. 
— " Has God any other seat than the earth, and the sea, 
and the air, and the heavens, and virtue ? Beyond these 
why do we seek God ? Whatever you see, he is in it, 
wherever you move, he is there." The doctrine of Pan- 
theism. 

Est nWiduSy vitroque magis perlucldus omni 

Fons. Oyid. 

— " The fountain is limpid and clearer than any glass.*' 

Est opercs pri'tium dttpUds pernoscere juris 

Naturam. Hob. 



— " 'Tis worth your while to know the nature of these two 
kinds of sauce." A good motto for a disciple of Kit- 
chener or Soyer. 

Est pater ille quern nuptice demonstrant. Law Max. — " He is 
the father whom the marriage-rites point out as such." 
Each man must be content to father his wife's children, 
unless he can show a satisfactory reason to the contrary. 

Est profecto Deus, qui quae nos germus auditque et videt. 
Platjt. — " There is undoubtedly a God who both hears 
and sees the things which we do." 

Est proprium stultitice aliorum cernere mtia, oblivisci suorum. 
Cic. — " It is the province of foUy to discover the faults of 
others, and forget its own." 

Est qitdedamHere voluptas ; 

ExpUtur IdchrgmiSj egeriturque dolor. Oyid. 

— " There is, in weeping, a certain luxury; grief is soothed 

and alleviated by tears." 

Est quiddam gestus edendi. Oyid. — " One's mode of 



eating is of some importance.' 

Est quoddam prodire tenus, si non datur ultra. Hob. — " 'Tis 
something to have advanced thus far, even though it be 
not granted to go farther." Failure in a laudable at- 
tempt is far from being a thing to be ashamed of. 

Est quoque cunctdrum novitas carisshna rerum. Oyid. — 
" Novelty is, of all things, the most sought after." 

Est rosafios Veneris; quo dulciafurta laterent, 
Harpocrdti matris dona dicdvit Amor. 
Inde rosam meTisis hospes suspendit amicis, 
Convives ut sub ed dicta tdcenda sciant. 
— " The rose is the flower of Venus ; in order that his 
sweet thefts might be concealed. Love dedicated this gift 
of his mother to Harpocrates. Hence it is that the host 
hangs it up over his friendly board, that the guests may 
know how to keep silence upon what is said beneath it." 
Harpocrates was the god of silence. Hence our expres- 
sion, " It was said under the rose." 

Est temptis quando nihil, est tempu^ quando dUquid, nullum 
tamen est tempus in quo dicend-a sunt omnia. — " There is a 
time when nothing may be said, a time when some things 
may be said, but no time when all things may be said." 



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Est via suhlimis, coelo manifesta serenOf 

Lactea nomen hahet, candor e notdhilis ipso. Oyid. 

— " There is a way on high, easily seen in a clear sky, and 

which, remarkable for its very whiteness, receives the 

name of the Milky Way." 
JEsto perpetua. — " Be thou everlasting." The last words of 

Father Paul Sarpi, spoken in reference to his country, 

Venice. 
Esto quod es ; quod sunt alii, sine quemlihet esse : 

Quod non es, nolis ; quod potes esse, velis. 

— " Be what you really are ; let any other person be what 

others are. Do not wish to be that which you are not, 

and wish to be that which you can be." 
Esto quod esse videris. — " Be what you seem to be." Motto 

of Lord Sondes. 
Esto, ut nunc multi, dives tihi, pauper amicis. Juv. — " Be, 

as many are now-a-days, rich to yourself, poor to your 

friends." 
Esurienti ne occurras. — " Do not encounter a starving man." 

An enemy reduced to desperation is likely to prove 

formidable. 
Et ccetera. — "And the rest." Denoted by — &c. 
Et credis cXneres curare sepultos? ViBG. — "And do 

you suppose that the ashes of the dead care for what passes 

on earth?" 
Et dicam, Mea sunt ; injtciamque manus. Ovid. — " And I 

will say, * They are mine,' and will lay hands on them." 
Et dubitdmus adhuc virtutem extendere factis ? ViEG. — " And 

do we hesitate to extend our glory by our deeds ?" 
Et errat longe med quidem senteniid, 

Qui imperium credit ffrdvius esse aut stahtlitcs 

Vi quod Jit, quam illud, quod amicUid adjungitur. Teb. 

— " He is verv much mistaken, in my opinion, at all events, 

who thinks that an authority is more firm, or more last- 
ing, which is established by force, than that which is 

founded on afiection." 
Et facer e et pati fortia Bomdnum est. LiVT. — "To act 

bravely and to sufier bravely is the part of a Eoman." 
Etfert suspensos, corde micante, gradus. Ovid. — " And with 

palpitating heart he advances on tiptoe." 
Et genus et formam reg'ina pecHnia donat. Hoe. — "MoDey, 



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that queen, bestows both birth and beauty." Money be- 
comes the substitute for high lineage and good looks. 
Et genus et prodvos, et quce nonfecmus ipsi, 

Vix ea nostra voco. Ovid. 

— " High lineage and ancestors, and such advantages as 
we have not made ourselves, all these I scarcely call our 



own. 



Et genus et virtue, nisi cum re, vllior alga est. Hob. — " Vir- 
tue and high birth, unless accompanied by wealth, are 
deemed more worthless than sea-weed." That is, by the 
unthinking part of the community. 

Et Idteat vUium proxirmtdte honi. Ovid. — " And let each 
fault lie concealed under the name of the good quality to 
which it is the nearest akin." See Et mala, <fcc. 

Et latro, et cautus prcecingitur ense viator ; 
Ille sed ins'idias, hie siM portat opem. Ovid. 
— " Both the cut-throat and the wary traveller is girded 
with the sword ; but the one carries it for the purposes of 
crime, the other as a means of defence." 

Et magis adducto pomu/rn decerpere ramo, 
Quam de coeldtd sumere lance juvat. OviD. 
— " It is more gratifying too, to pull down a branch and 
pluck an apple, than to take one Irom a graven dish." 

Et mala sunt viclna bonis ; errore sub illo 
Pro vitio virtue crimma scepe dedit, OviD. 
— " There are bad qualities too near akin to good ones : 
by confounding the one for the other, a virtue has often 
borne the blame for a vice." See Et lateat, &c. 

Et male tomatos incUdi reddere versus. Hob. — "And to 
return ill-polished verses to the anvil." 

Et mea cymba semel vastd percussa procelld 

Ilium, quo Iwsa est, horret adire locum. Ovid. 
— " My bark too, once struck by the overwhelming storm, 
dreads to approach the spot on which it has been shat- 
tered." 

Et mece, (si quid loquar audiendum,) 
Vocis accedet bona pars. HoB. 

— " Then, if I can ofier anything worth hearing, my voice 
shall readily join in the general acclamation." 

Et mihi, Propositum 'perfice, dixit, opus. Ovid. — " And said 
to me, Complete the work that you design." 



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Et mihi reSy non me rehuSy suhmitt^re conar. Hoe. — " I en- 
deavour to conquer circumstances, not to submit to them." 

£^ rnimnKB vires frangere quassa valent. Oyid. — "x^ very 
little violence is able to break a thing once cracked." If 
WQ give V7ay to dejection, we shall be unable to struggle 
against the caprice of fortune. 

Et monerey et moneriy proprium est vera amiciticd. Cic. — 
" To advise, and be advised, ia the duty of true friend- 
ship." 

JEt moveant primos publica verba sonos. Oyid. — "And let 
the topics of the day lead to the first words." 

£t nati natoruniy et qui nascentur ah illis. Vie a. — " The 
children of our children, and those who shall be bom of 
them." Our latest posterity. 

Et neque jam color est misto candore rubori ; 
Nee vigor y et vireSy et qua modo visa placehant ; 

Nee carpus r^manet Oyid. 

— "And now, no longer is his complexion of white 
mixed with red ; neither his vigour nor his strength, nor 
the points which charmed when seen so lately, nor even 
his body, now remains." 

Et nova Jictaque nvper habebunt verba fidenHy si 

Grcecofonte cadunt parce detorta. HoE. 

-— " And new and lately invented terms will have author- 
ity, if they are derived from Greek sources, with but little 
deviation." 

Et nulli cessurajldesy sine crimine mores , 

Nuddque simplicitaSy purpureusque pudor. Oyid. 
— "A fidelity that will yield to none, manners above 
reproach, ingenuousness without ffuile, and blushinof mo- 
desty." 

Et nunc omnis agery nunc omnis parturit arbos ; 

Nuncfrondent sylvcdy nunc formosissimus annus. ViEG. 
— " And now every field, now every tree, is budding forth ; 
now the woods look green ; now most beauteous is the 
year." A description of Spring. 

Et peccdre nefaSy aut pretium est mori. Hob. — " It is for- 
bidden to sin, or the reward is death." The sin to 
which the poet alludes, is that of adultery, as punished by 
the Scythians. So in Scripture, "The wages of sin is 
death." Bom. vi. 23. 



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Quique sui memores alios fecire merendo ; 
Omnibus his nived cinguntur tempora vittd. ViEG. 
— "Those who have uttered things worthy of Phoebus, 
and those who have made others mindful of them by their 
merits, all these have their temples bound with the 
snow-white fillet." In his description of the rewards of 
Elysium, the poet classes his brethren, the disciples of 
Phoebus, with the benefactors of mankind. 

Et pudety et mettWy semperque eddemque precdri, 

Ne subeant dnimo tcediajusia tuo. Oyid. 

— " I am both ashamed and I dread to be always making 
the same entreaties, lest a justifiable disgust should take 
possession of your feelings." 

Et quce sibi quisque timebaty 

Unius in miseri exitium conversa tulere. Yieg. 
— "And what each man dreaded for himself, they bore 
lightly, when centred in the destruction of one wretched 
creature." A picture of the readiness with which man 
makes a scapegoat of his fellow-man. 

Et quando uberior vXtibrum copia ? Quando 
Major avdritice pdtuit sinus ? Alea quando 

Hos dnimos ? JuY. 

— " And when was vice ever in greater force ? When was 
there ever a greater scope for avarice ? When did the dice 
more thoroughly enthral the minds of men?" 

Et qui dliis nocent, ut in alios liberdles sint, in eddem sunt 
injustitidy ut si in suam rem aliena convertant. Cic. — 
" And those who injure one party to benefit another, are 
quite as unjust, as if they converted the property of others 
to their own benefit." 

Et qui nolunt occidere quenquam 

Posse volunt. Juv. 

— "Even those who have no wish to slay another, are 
wishful to have the power." In allusion to the ambitious 
thirst for power. 

Et quiescenti agendum est, et agenti quiescendum est. Sen. — 
" He who is indolent should labour, and he who labours 
should take repose." 

Et rident stoUdi verba Latlna. — Oyid. — "And the fools 
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Tit sanguis et spirttus pecilnia mortdlihus. Prov. — " Money 

is both blood and life to men." 
M seqtientia. — "And what follows." Generally written in 

short, et seq. 
JEt si non altqud nocuisses, mortuus esses. Vieg. — " And if 

you could not have hurt him some way or other, you 

would have died (of spite)." 
Et sic de simiVilus. — " And so of the like." 
]£t tenuit nostras numerosus Hordtius aures. Ovid. — " Ho- 
race too, with his varied numbers, charmed my ears." 
Et veniam pro laude peto ; lauddtus ahunde^ 

2^on fast'iditus si tibi, lector, ero. Ovid. 

— " Pardon too, in place of praise, do I crave ; abundantly, 

reader, shall I be praised, if I do not cause thee disgust." 
Et vitam impendere vero. — "And in the cause of truth to 

lay down life." 
Etenim omnes artes quce ad humanitdtem pertment, hdbent 

quoddam commune vinculum, et quasi cognatione quddam 

inter se continentur. Cic. — " All the arts appertaining to 

civilized life, are united by a kind of common bond, and 

are connected, as it were, by a certain relationship." 
Etiam capillus unus Jiahet umhram suam. Syr. — " Even a 

single hair has its shadow." The most trivial thing has its 

utility and importance. 
Etiam celentas in desiderio, mora est. Sye. — " In desire, 

even swiftness itself is delay." 
Etiam fera animdlia, si clausa teneas, virtutis ohliviscuntur. 

— " Savage animals even, if you keep them in confinement, 

forget their ferocious disposition." 
Etiam fortes viros suhltis terreri. Tacit. — " The minds of 

resolute men even may be alarmed by sudden events." And 

on the other hand, weak men are then found resolute. 
Etiam in secundisslmis rebus maxime est utendum consllio 

amicorum. Cic. — "Even in our greatest prosperity, we 

ought by all means to take the advice of our friends." 
Etiam innocentes cogit mentlri dolor. Sye. — " Pain makes 

even the innocent liars." 
Etiam oblivisci quod scis, interdum expedit. Sye. — "It is 

sometimes as well to forget what you know." 
Etiam Parnassia laurus 

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— " Even the Parnassian laurel shelters itself beneath the 
dense shade of its mother." Said of the suckers which 
shoot up from the root. 
Etiam sandto vulnere cicatrix manet. Sye. — "Even when 
the wound is healed the scar remains." Injuries are more 
often forgiven than forgotten. 
Etiam si Cato dicat. Prov. — " Even if Cato were to say so " 
— I would not believe it : Cato being a man of the most 
scrupulous integrity. 

Etiam stultis acuit ingenium fames. Ph^d. — " Hunger 

sharpens even the wits of fools." 
Etsi pervivo itsque ad summain cetdtem, tamen 

Breve spativm est perferundi quw mimtas mihi. Plaut. 
— "Though I should live even to an extreme age, still, 
short is the time for enduring what you threaten me 
with." 

Euge poetce. Pees.—" Well done, ye poets ! " 

Eurn ausculta, cui qudtuor sunt aures. Frov. — " Listen to 
him who has four ears." Attend to persons who show 
themselves more ready to hear than to speak. 
Eventus stultorum magister est. Liv. — "Experience is the 
master of fools." Fools are only to be taught by ex- 
perience. 
Eversis omnibus rebus, quum consUio profici nihil possit, una 
ratio videtur ; quidquid evenerit, ferre moderdte. Cic. — 
" When we are utterly ruined, and when no counsel can 
profit us, there seems to be one way open to us ; whatever 
may happen, to bear it with moderation." 
Evoldre rus ex urbe tanquam ex vinculis. Cic. — "To fly 

from the town into the country, as though from chains." 
Ex abundanti cauteld. — "Prom excess of precaution." 
Ex abUsu non arguitur ad usum. Law Max. — " We must not 

argue, from the abuse of a thing, against the use of it." 
Ex abusu non argumentum ad desuetudinem. Law Max. — 
" The abuse of a thing is no argument for its discontinu- 
ance." 

Ex cequo et bonojudicdre. — " To judge in fairness and equity." 
Ex arena funiculum nectis. I*rov. — " You are for making a 

rope of sand." You are attempting an impossibility. 
Ex aurtbus cognoscitur dsmus. JProv. — "An ass is kno^Ti 

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Ex cdthedrd. — "From the clmir,*' or "pulpit." Coming 
from higli authority, and therefore to be relied on. 

Ex concesso. — "From what has been conceded." An argu- 
ment ex concesso, or from what the opponent has ad- 
mitted. 

Ex contractu. — "From contract." 

Ex curia. — " Out of court." 

Ex dehUo justiticB. — " From what is due to justice." 

Ex delicto. — " From the crime." 

Ex desuetadine amittuntur privilegia. Law Max. — " Bights 
are forfeited by non-user." 

Ex diuturnitdte temporis omnia preesumuntur esse solemniter 
acta. Law Max. — "From length of time everything is 
presumed to have been solemnly done." 

Ex eddem ore calidum etfrlgidum effldre. — " To blow hot and 
cold with the same mouth." This adage is founded on the 
Fable of the Satjrr and the Traveller. 

Ex factis non ex dictis amici pensandi. Lit. — " Friends are 
to be estimated from their deeds, not their words." 

Ex facto jus orttur. Law Max. — " The law arises from the 
fact." Until the nature of the crime is known, the law 
cannot be put in force. 

Ex habitu homines metientes. Cic. — " Estimators of men 
from their outward appearances." 

Ex Tiumili m,agna adfast'igia rerum 

ExtoUit, quoties voluit fort Una jocdri. JuT. 

— " As oft as fortune is in sportive mood, she raises men 

from an humble station to the highest pinnacle of power." 

Ex inimlco cogita posse fieri amlcum. Sek. — " Think that 
you may possibly make of an enemy a friend." Avoid 
extremes in enmities. See Amicum, &c. 

Ex magna coend stdmachofit maxma poena, 
lit sis node levis, sit tihi coena brevis. 
— " From a heavy supper great uneasiness to the stomach 
is produced ; that you may enjoy a good night's rest, let 
your supper be moderate." A Leonine or rhyming couplet, 
not improbably issued by the School of Health at Salerno. 

Ex malls morWus hones leges nates sunt. Coke. — " From bad 
manners good laws have sprung." 

Ex mero motu. — " From a mere motion;" of one's own free- 
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Ex necessitate rei. — "From the urgency of the case." 

Ex nihilo nihil fit. — " From nothing nothing is made." 
Nothing can come of nothing. 

Ex officio. — " By virtue of his office." 

Ex otio pltis negotii quam ex negbtio hahemus. Old Scholiast, 
— " Ftom our leisure we get more to do, than from our 
business." Especially when it gives us the opportunity of 
falling into mischief. 

Ex parte. Law Term. — " On one part." Evidence given on 
one side only is called ex parte. 

Ex pede Jlerculem. I*rov. — " You may judge of Hercules 
from his foot." Pythagoras ascertained the length of the 
foot of Hercules by taking the length of the Olympic sta- 
dium or course, which was six hundred feet, originally 
measured by the foot of the hero. He thence came to the 
conclusion that his height was six feet seven inches. 
From this circumstance was formed the proverb, meaning 
that we may judge of the whole from the part. 

Ex post facto. Law Term. — "Done after another thing." 
A law enacted purposely to take cognizance of an offence 
already committed, is, so far as that individual offence is 
concerned, an ex post facto law. 

Ex qtwvis ligno non fit Mercurius. Prov. — " A Mercury 
is not to be made out of every log." Mercury being a 
graceful god, it was not out of every piece of wood that 
his statue could be made. 

Ex tempore. — " Off-hand." On the spur of the moment, or, 
without preparation. 

Ex wnbrd in solem. Prov. — "Out of the shade into the 
sunshine." You have rendered clear what was obscure 
before. 

Ex ungue leonem. Prov. — " You can teU the lion by his 
claw." The master's hand may be known in the speci- 
men. 

Ex uno disce omnes. — " From one learn all." From one ex- 
ample you may iudge of all. What has been said of one 
may be said oi the rest. See Crimine ah uno, &c. 

Ex uno specta omnia. Prov. — "From one circumstjince 
judge of aU." 

Ex vitd discedo, tanquam ex hospitio, non tanqtmm ex domo, 
Cic. — " I depart from life as from an inn, not as from my 

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home." I die without regret, just as one quits an inn, 
where he has been a sojourner for a time only. 

JEx vUio alterius sapiens emendat suum. Syr. — " From the 
faults of another a wise man corrects his own." 

Ex vitulo hosfit. — " The calf becomes an ox." Small things 
enlarge to great. 

Ex vultibus horninum mores colUgere. — " To judge of men's 
manners from their countenance." 

Exceptio probat regulam. Law Max. — " The exception proves 
the rule." The fact of there being an exception proves 
the existence of a rule. 

Excepto quod non simul esses, ccetera Icetiis. — " Except that 
you were not with me, I was in other respects happy." 

Excessit ex ephehis. — " He is out of his minority." He is of 
age, and has come to years of discretion. 

Excludat jurgla finis. HoB. — " Let this settlement ter- 
minate all disputes." 

Excusdtio non petttafit accusdtio manifesta. Law Max. — " An 
excuse that is uncalled for is a convincing proof of guilt." 

Exeat. — " Let him depart." The leave given for temporary 
absence from college is so called. 

— — Exeat aula 

Qui vult esse pius Lucbet. 

— " Let him withdraw from court, who wishes to remain 
uncorrupted." 

Exegi monumentum cere perennius. Hoe. — " I have com- 
pleted a monument more durable than brass." The pro- 
phecy of a poet, who formed a just estimate of his works. 

Exempli gratia. — "For example." For instance. Usually 
written e. g. 

Exemplo plus quam ratione vtvimus. — " We live more by ex- 
ample than by reason." On this is based the tyranny 
of lashion. 

Exemplo quodcunque malo committltur ipsi 

DispUcet auctdri; prima est hcec ultio, quod, se 

Judlce, nemo nocens ahsolvitur Jfv. 

— "Every deed that will furnish a precedent for crime, 
must be condemned by the author himself. This is his 
first punishment, that, being his own judge, no guilty man 
is acquitted." 

Exemptajuvat spinis e plurHus una. Hoe. — " A single 



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thorn extracted out of many, is a point gained." As the 
passage stands in the original, the poet puts the question, 
" Of what use is it to have one thorn plucked out when 
you are smarting from many ? " 

Exercent illi socics commercia lingucB : 

I^er gestum res est significanda mihi. OviD. 

— " They enjoy the intercourse of a common language : 

by me eveiything has to be signified by gestures." 

Exercitdtio optimum est magister. Prov. — " Practice is the 
best master." 

Exercitdtio potest omnia. Prov. — " Continued practice can 
accomplish everything." " Practice makes perfect." 

Exeunt omnes. — " All depart." A stage direction. 

Exi, 

Lntonat horrendum. Juv. 

— " Begone ! she thunders out with awful voice." 

Exigit et a stdtuis farinas. Prov. — " He exacts meal from 
a statue even." He can make something out of every- 
thing, and can " get blood out of a stone." 

ExIgUe ut mores teneros ceupollwe ducat j 

Ut si quis cerd vultumfacit Juv. 

— " Eequire him, with his thumb, as it were, to press into 
shape their unformed morals, just as one forms a face from 
wax." Said with reference to the importance of good 
training in tender years. The poet alludes to the Eoman 
mode of taking portraits in wax. 

Exigua est virtus, prcestdre silentia rehus ; 

At contra, gravis est culpa, tacenda loqui. Ovid. 
— " 'Tis a small merit to hold silence upon a matter ; on 
the other hand, it is a serious fault to speak of things on 
which we ought to be silent." 

Exigui numero, sed hello vmda virtus. ViEG. — " Few in 
number, but valiant in spirit." 

Exiguum est ad legem honum esse. Sen. — " It is but a slight 
matter to be good to the letter of the law only." 

Exilis domus est, uhi non et multa supersunt, 

Et ddminum fallunt, et prosunt fur1.hus HoE. 

— " It is a poor house indeed, in which there are not many 
superfluities, which escape the master's notice, and fall a 
prey to thieves." 

ExUio est dv7dis mare nautis. HoE. — " The sea is the 

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destruction of avaricious sailors.'* Few will think this 
^ an apposite maxim at the present day. 

MxUusin duUo est: audebmus ultima, dixit; 

Viderit, audentes forme Deusne juvet. Ovid. 

--"^* The result is doubtful, we will dare the utmost,' said 
he, * Be it chance or be it a Providence that aids the bold 
let him see to it.'" 

Experientia docet. Prov.—" Experience teaches." Or, as 
our proverb has it, "Experience makes fools wise." 

Experwientum crucis.—" Trial by the cross." Alluding, pro- 
bably, to a mode of eliciting truth by torture. 

Uxperto crede. Vieg.— " BeHeve one who speaks from 

expenence." 

Experto crede PoJgrjfo.—" Believe Eobert, who speaks from 
expenence." A proverb commonly used in the middle 
ages ; but Its origin does not appear to be known. Burton 
uses it in the Introduction to his Anatomy of Melancholy. 

—-Experttif metuit Hoe.—" He who has experienced 

iL, dreads it. 

Expetuntur divUice ad perjiciendas voluptdtes. Cic— " Eiches 

are sought to minister to our pleasures." 
Explorant adversa viros ; perque aspera duro 

Nititur ad laudem virtus interrita clivo. Sil. Ital. 

--" Adversity proves men ; and virtue, undaunted, struff- 

gles through difficulties, and up the steep height, to gain 

the reward of fame." r & , g u 

Expressa nocent, non expressa non nocent. Law Max —"What 

is expressed may be injurious, what is not expressed is 

not so. baid in reference to written contracts. 
Expressto unlus est exclUsio alter7us. Law Max.— ''The 

naming of one man impHes the exclusion of another." 
—-Exhnctus amdhitwr idem. Hoe.—" The same man will 

be beloved when dead." Men, in general, meet with more 

justice from their feUow-men, when dead, than when aUve 
Extra lutvm pedes hales. Prov.—'' You have got your feet 

out of the mud." You ai-e weU out of that difficulty. 
Extra telorum jactum.—'' Beyond bow-shot." Out of harm's 

way. See Ego post, &c. 
Extrema gaudii luctus occupat. Prov.^'' Grief borders on 

the extremes of gladness." "If you laugh to-day, you 

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Extrema mantis nondum operlhtis ejus imposlta est. — " The 
finishing hand has not yet been put to his work." 

Extremis dlgltis attingere. — " To touch with the finger ends." 
To handle a matter lightly. 

Extremis malis extrema remedia. JProv. — " Extreme evils re- 
quire extreme remedies." "Desperate maladies require 
desperate remedies." 

Exuerint sylvestrem dnimum, cultuque frequently 

In quascunque voces artes, Jiaud tarda sequentur. Yieo. 
—"They lay aside their rustic nature, and by repeated 
instruction will advance apace in any arts into which you 
may initiate them." 

Eocul, inops erres, alienaque limma lustres ; 

Exiguumque petas ore tremente cibum. OyiD. 
— " An exile, and in need, mayst thou wander, and mayst 
thou survey the thresholds of others, and beg with tremu- 
lous lips a morsel of food." 

P. 

E. C. See Fieri curavit. 

Fabas indulcet fames. Prov. — " Hunger sweetens beans." 

" Hunger is the best sauce." 
Faher compedes qua^ fecit ipse 

Oestet AusoN. 

— " Let the blacksmith wear the fetters which he himself 

has forged." See Tute hoc, &c. 
Faber quisqtie fortunes suce. Sall. — "Every man is the 

architect of his own fortune." 
Fabricando fabri flmus. Frov. — " By working we become 

workmen." " Practice makes perfect." 
Fdbula, nee sentis, totd jactdris in urbe. OvTD. — " You are 

the talk, and yet you do not perceive it, of the whole city." 
Fac simile.--'' po the like." Read as one word, it means 

an exact imitation or copy of anything. 
Fac totum.--"J)o everything." Hence owe word factotum, 

meaning a "handy man." 
Facetidrum apud prcepotentes in longum memoria est. Tacit. 

— " Men in power do not readily forget a joke." 
Faciam ut hujus loci semper memineris. Tee. — " I will make 

you always remember this place." 



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■Fades non omnihus una, 



Nee diver sa tamen, qualis decet esse sororum. Ovid. 
-—"The features are not the same in all, nor yet very 
different ; they are such as those of sisters ought to be." 
A description of " a family likeness." 
Fades tua computat annos, — " Your face reckons your years ;" 

or, " Your face tells your age." 
Fddle est imperium in bonis. Plaut. — " The sway is easy 

over the good." 
Facile est inventis addere. Frov. — " It is easy to improve 

what has been already invented." 
Fddle improhi malitid sua aspergunt prohos. — " Wicked men 
with their malice easily asperse the characters of the good." 
FdcUe invenies et pejorem, et pejus mardtam, 

Meliorem neque tu reperies, neque sol videt. Plaut. 
— " You may easily find a worse woman, and one of worse 
manners ; a better one you will not find, nor does the sun 
behold such." 
FdcUe omnes cum valemus recta consllia 

Mgrbtis damus. Tu, si hie sis, dltter seniles. Ter. 
—"When we are in health, we are all able to give good 
advice to the sick. You, if you were in my place, would 
think otherwise." 
FdcUe princeps.—'' The acknowledged chief." The one who 
stands first, beyond a doubt. 

Fdcilis descensus Averni, 

Sed revocdre gradum, superasque evddere ad aurds, 

Sic labor, hoc opus est Virg. 

— " Easy the descent to hell ; but to retrace your steps, 
and to regain the upper world, that is the difficulty, that 
the labour." The poet alludes to the descent of ^neas 
to the Infernal regions ; but the figure may be applied to 
the readiness with which we may faU into evil courses, and 
the difficulty of retracing our steps. 
FdcUius crescit quam inchodtur dignitas. Syr. — " Increase 

of dignity is more easily gained than the first step." 
Fddliu^ sit Nili caput inven'ire. Frov. — " It would be easier 
to discover the sources of the Nile." 

Fdcmus audax inclpit. 

Qui cum opulento pauper homine coepit rem habere aut 
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— "A poor man who commences to have business or detdingg 
with an opulent one, commences upon a rash undertaking." 



'Fdcinus majoris abollce. Juv. — " The crime of a more 
dignified garb." A crime committed by a philosopher of 
more dignified character. The abolla was the cloak w^om 
by philosophers. 

Fdcmus quos inqmnat cequat. LucAN. — " Those whom 



guilt defiles, it places on a level." The highest and the 

lowest are equally degraded by guilt ; but, if anything, 

the former is the most culpable. 
Fadt gratum fortuna, quam nemx) videt. Syr. — " The good 

fortune which no one sees, makes a man grateful for it." 

Because he is not the object of envy. 
FdcUo aliquid operis, ut semper te diabolu^ inveniat occupd- 

turn. St. Jerome. — " Be busy about something ; so that 

the devil may always find you occupied." 
Fdciunt nee intelligendo, ut nihil inteWgant ? Ter. — " By 

being thus knowing, do they not show that they know 

nothing at all?" 
Facta canam ; sed erunt qui me Jinxisse loquantur. Ovid. — 

" I shall sing of facts ; but there will be some to say that 

I have invented fictions." 
Fastis ignosdte nostris, 

Si scelus ingenio scitis abesse meo. Ovid. 

— " Forgive my deeds, inasmuch as ye know that impiety 

was far from my intention." 
-Facto pius et scelerdtus eddem. Ovid. — " A father, af- 



fectionate and unnatural in the self-same act." Said of 
Agenor, when he dismissed his son Cadmus to roam over 
the world in search of his daughter Europa. 

Factum dbiit ; monumenta manent. Ovid. — "The oc- 



currence has passed away; the memorial of it still re- 
mains." The motto of the London Numismatic Society. 

Factum est illud ; fieri infectum non potest. Plaut. — " The 
thing is done, it cannot be undone." 

F(Bx populi.—'' The dregs of the people." The scum of the 
popidation. 

Falldcia alia aliam trudit. Ter. — "One deception makes 
way for another." One lie is supported by another. 

Fallentis semita vitcB. HoR.— " The path of a life that 

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FaUit enim vitiiwi, specie virtutis et umbra. 

Cum sit iriste haMtu, vultuque et veste severum. Juv. 
-— " For vice deceives us, under the form and guise of vir- 
tue, when serious in manner and reserved in countenance 
and dress." A rebuke of sanctified hypocrisy. 
Faltitur egregio quisquis sub prindpe credit 
ServUium. Nunquam libertas grdiior extat 

Quam sub rege pio Claud 

—" He is mistaken who considers it slavery to be ruled 
by a virtuous prince. Never has Hberty more charms 
than under a pious king." 
Fallor? An arma sonant? NmfalUmur, arma sondbant ; 
Mars venit, et veniens bellica signa dabat. Ovid 

—" Am I mistaken ? Or is that the clash of arms ? lam 
not mistaken, it was the clash of arms : Mars approaches • 
and, as he comes, he sounds the note of war." * 

Falsa grammarica nan vUiat concessionem. Coke — " Bad 
grammar does not vitiate a grant." See Mala Gram- 
mattca, &c. 

--Falso damndti crmme mortis. Vieg.— -"On a false 

charge condemned to die." 
Falsus honor jurat, et mendax injumia terret. 

Quern nisi mendosum et menddcem ? ' Hoe. 

—"mom, but the vicious and the liar, does misplaced 

praise delight, or lying slanders alarm ? " 
Fama, malum quo non dliud velocius ullum, 

MobUitdte viget, viresque acquirit eundo. Vieg. 

--" Eumour, than which no pest is more swift, increases 

Dy motion, and gams strength as she goes " 
Fama nihil est celerius. LiVT.-« Nothing travels more 

svnftly than scandal." 
Fam^^ damna majora sunt, quam quce cBstimdH possint. LiVT. 

^nceived "^ reputation is greater than can be possibly 

Fames laboranti non facile succurritur. Frov — " It is not 
easy to repair a character when falHng." It is not easy 
to recover a lost character. 

—-Famam extender^ factis. Yieg.— " To extend our fame 
by our deeds." The motto of Linnseus. 

:^mes est optlmus coquus. Frov.^'^ Hunger is the best cook." 

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and delay summon the bile to the nostrils," i. e. "excite 
our wrath." 

Fames optimum condimentum, Frov.^" Hunger is the best 
sauce." 

Fames, pestis, et bellum, populi sunt pernicies.-—'' Famine 
pestilence, and war, are the scourges of mankind." * 

Familidre est hommibus omnia sibi ignoscere.-—'' It is usual 
with man to forgive aU his own faults." A man is an in- 
dulgent censor to himself. 

Farrdgo libelli. Juv.— " The medley of my book " The 
" something of everything " there to be found. 

Fas est et ab hoste doceri. Ovid.—" It is right to be 

taught by an enemy even." We may profit from the over- 
sights of our adversaries, by learning to avoid them. 

Fastidientis est stomdchi multa degustdre. Sen. " To taste 

of many dishes is a sign of a delicate stomach." 

Fastus inest pulchris, sequtturque swperbia formam ; 
Irrisumvultu despicit ilia suo. ' Ovid. 

— " Cold disdain is innate in the fair, and haughtiness ac- 
companies beauty. By her looks she despises and she 
scorns him." 

Fata obstant.--^'^ The Fates are opposed." It is not his 
destiny. 

Fata volentem ducunt, nolentem trahunt.—" The Fates lead 
him who is willing, and drag him who is unwilling " A 
maxim of the believers in predestination, that it is as weU 
to be resigned to our fate. 

Fatetur Jumnus is qui judicium fugit. Law Max — " He who 
flies from trial confesses his guilt." At aU events, his 
conduct \% prima facie evidence against him. 

Fatigdtis hwnus cubile est. Cuet.— " To the weary the earth 
is a bed." -^ 

Fatis accede I>eisque, 

Et colefelices, mherosfuge. Sidera coelo 

TJt distant, flamma mari, sic utile recto. Litcan 

--" Welcome the Fates and the Gods, caress the for- 

tunate and shun the wretched. As much as the stars are 

distant m the heavens, as much as flame differs from the 

sea, so much does the expedient differ from the right " 

Favete hnguis. Ovid.— « Favour by your tongues," or, " Be 
propitious m your language." this wa^ an usual injunc 



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tion with the Romans at their sacrifices, as a word of ill- 
omen spoken during their celebration was considered to 
have an evil influence. 
Fecundi caUces ^uem non fecere disertum ? Hob.—" Whom 
have not flowing cups made eloquent ?" 

— -^/Jc^« errbre suo. LucAN.— " Happy in their error." 
Where ignorance is bHss, 'tis foUy to be wise." Geat. 
helices ter et ampUus 

Quos irrupta tenet copula, nee, mails 

I}ivulsus qucerimdniis, 

Supremd c7tius solvet amor die. HoE. 

—*; Thrice happy they, and more, whom an indissoluble 

union binds together, and whom love, unimpaired by evil 

complamings, does not separate before the last day" 

Applicable to the delights of connubial happiness. 

Felicitas multos hahet amicos. Frov.—'' Prosperity has many 
tnends." Eair-weather followers, and sun-shine friends. 

±eUcitas nutria: est iracundice. Frov.^'' Prosperity is the 
nuree of anger." Men who have been successful are apt 
to lorget themselves. 

FeUciter is sapit, qui periculo alieno sapit.—" He is happy in 
his wisdom, who is wise at the expense of another." From 
the mterpolated Scene in the Mercator of Plautus, sup- 
posed to have been written by Hermolaus Barbarus. 

±elix est cui quantulumcunque temporis contlgit, bene collocd- 
tum est. Sen.—" Happy is he who has weU employed his 
time, however short it may have been." 

Felix quern fdciunt aliena perlciila cautum, — " Happy is he 
whom the perils of others put on his guard." 

Felix quern faciunt alidrwm cornua cautum. Owen {Epigr.']. 
— -" Happy the man whom the horns of others make warv " 

±eltx qui nihil debet. Proi;.— "Happy is he who owes 
nothing." 

Fehx qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas. Vieg.— "Happy 
18 he who can trace the causes of things." A compliment 
to the philosopher, who centres his pleasure in that which 
IS for the benefit or instruction of mankind. 

Felix quicunque dolore 

Alter ius disces posse car ere tuo. Tibull. 

—"Happy you, who can, by the pain of another, learn to 

avoid it yourself." 



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Felo de se. Law Latin. — " A felon of himself." One who, 
being, in legal estimation, of sound mind, slays himself. 
One who commits felony by suicide. 
Ferce natures. — " Of a wild nature." This term is applied to 
animals of a savage nature, in contradistinction to those, 
which are under the control of man, and are called domita 
naturcBy " of a tame nature." 
Feras, non culpes, quod mutdri non potest. Ste. — " You 
must endure, not blame, that which cannot be altered.'* 
" What cannot be cured must be endured." 

Feras quod Icedit, ut id quod prodest perferas. Ste. — " Tou 
must bear that which hurts, that you may gain that which 
profits." 

Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt. C^s. — " Men 
generally are willing to believe what they wish to be true." 
Like our saying, " The wish is father to the thought." 

Ferre pulcherr^me secundam fortfinam et ceque adversam. 
Cic. — " To bear with equal gracefulness good fortune or 
bad." 

Ferreus assiduo consUmitur annulus usu. Ovid. — " By con- 
tinued use a ring of iron is consumed." 

Fertilior seges est alienis semper in agris, 

Viclnumque pecus grandius uber habet. Ovid. 
— "The crop is ever more fruitful in our neighbour's 
fields, and his cows have more distended udders than our 
own." It is the nature of man to repine at his own lot, 
and to envy that of another. 

Ferto,fereris. — " Bear, and you shall be borne with." Learn 
to "give and take." 

Fervens difficili bile tumetjecur. Hoe. — " My inflamed liver 
swells with bile, difficult to be repressed." 

Fervet avaritid m^iseroque cupidine pectus ? HoE. — " Does 
your heart bum with avarice, and the direful greed for 
gain?" 

Fervet olla, vivit amicitia. Frov. — "While the pot boils, 
friendship endures." 

Festina lente. — " Hasten slowly." Be on your guard against 
impetuosity. A favourite saying of the emperors Augustus 
and Titus. It forms the punning motto of the Onslow 
family. 



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Festindre nocet, nocet et cunctdtio sceve ; 
Tempore quceque suo quifacit, ille sapit. 

— it IS bad to be in a hurry, and delay is often as bad • 

IT'^}'' ^''' everything at its proper time.'^ ' 
Jiestinat decurrfre velox 

Mosculm anffust<e, muh-ceque hrevusXma vitte 
^ortw; dum blbimm, dum serta, unguenta, puellas 
roscmus, ohrepit non intellecta senectus. Tnv 

- The short-Hved flower, the Umited span of our fleet- 
ing and wretched exi8tence, hastens to decay, wMst we 
are dnnkmg calling for garlands, perfumes.^^d women 

OWdTh^f:^' ''P''^ "' unperceive^d." We leam from 
Ovid that wme and women, unguents and garlands aU 
played their part in the feasts of the sensualists ofXme 
FefUnatto tarda est. Pr,yv.-" Haste is slow." EeL det^Sch 
IS insured by prudence and caution: for a Sg is fi 

tJ^fnP *'•"/' ".'!"'='' enough if well enough " 
J^esto die st quid prodegeris ^ 

Profesto egere Itceat, nid pepercens. Plaitt 

— " If you are guilty of any extravagance on a feast dav 

jou^n^y be wantmg on a common V unless yfuaJe 

2^^.-" Let it be done." « So be it." An order or assent 
given by one m authority. ^^®^* 

Fiat expeHmentum in carpore vili,—^^ Let the experiment hp 
made on a worthless body " t-ipenment be 

^t'fst^^^^^^ done, though hea- 

P^'-'lf.^^^^^^^^^^ S^^ ^* ^n hazards. 

mat mixtura secundum artem.—'' Let th*^ TmV+,,^o k j 

according to the rules of axt ." Oft^np^ rat'tle'et' 

of medical prescriptions. ^ ^^ 

Moos divider e. Frov. — " To si^lif flfra »» q -j ^ 

who would, as we say, «% aTinf?" ^"^ '^ ^^^^^^^ 
Ficta voluptdtis causd sit proxima veris. Hob.— « Let whaf 

ever is devised for the sake of entertainment have a much 

resemblance as possible to truth " 
Metis mmneHt nos jocdHfahulis. Ph^db.-" Let it hf> rp 

membered that we are amusing you with tdes of fit 



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Ficum cupit. Frov.—" He wants some tigs." « He is payin^r 
me so much attention to suit his own purposes." The 
Athenian fashionables were in the habit of visiting the 
cottages of the peasants, on the approach of the fig sea- 
son, and treating them with great courtesy, that they 
might obtain the choicest of the fruit when it came to 
maturity. 

Feus Jicus, ligonem Ugonem vocat. Frov. — " He calls a fig 
a fig, a spade a spade." He is a plain, straightforward 
man, one who speaks his mind. 

Fide abrogdtd, omnis humdna societas tollUur. Lit. — " Good 
faith abolished, all human society is destroyed." 

Fidelius rident tuguria. Frov.—'' The laughter of the cot- 
tage IS the most hearty." Because the laughers are free 
from care. 

Fidem qui perdit perdere ultra nil potest. Syb.— " He who 
loses his good foith has nothing else to lose." Integrity 
and honour are the most valuable inheritance. 

Fidem qui perdit, quo se servat in reliquum ? Syb.—" He 
who has lost his credit, with what shall he sustain himself 
in future?" 

Fides servanda est. Plaut.— " Faith must be kept." 
Fides sit penes auctdrem.—'' Let due faith be given to the 

author." A phrase used by a writer when quoting from 

a doubtful authority. 
Fieri curdvit.—" Caused this to be done." Often represented 

m monumental inscriptions by the initial letters F. C. 
Fieri Jacias. Law Xoif.—" Cause it to be done." A writ 

by which the sheriff is commanded to levy the debt, or 

damages, on the defendant's goods. Sometimes called 'for 

brevity, a^/«. 

Figiilus figulo invUet, faher fahro. Frov.-^" The potter en- 
vies the potter, the blacksmith the blacksmith." So we 
say, " Two of a trade never agree." 

Filii non plus possessidnum quam morhbrum hceredes sumtis. — 
" As sons we are heirs, no less to diseases than to pos- 
sessions." 

Filius nullius.-^" The son of no man." A bastard is so 
caUed, for he has no legal rights as a son, in respect to 
the inheritance of property. 

Filum aqua.—'' The thread of the stream." An imaginary 



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line in the middle of a river, which is supposed to be the 
boundary of the lordships or manors on either side 

±\nQe datos currus ; quid agas ? Ovid.—" Suppose the 

chariot vrere given to you; what would vou do?" The 
question put by Apollo, when Phaeton asks him for the 
loan of the chariot of the Sun. The same question may be 
asked of one who aspires to an office which he is unfit to fiU. 

I<\ng,bat tremula rusrica liha manu. Ovid.—" She made her 
rustic cakes vdth trembling hand." 

Mngit equum tmerd docriem cervlce magister 

Ire viam quam monstrat eques Hob. 

--" The trainer teaches the docile horse to turn,' with tract- 
able neck, whichever way the rider directs it " 

^mis coronat opus. Proi;.—" The end crowns the work " A 
work cannot be appreciated until it is completed. " The 
words are also capable of meaning the same as our saying, 
Ihe end sanctifies the means." 

Fistula dulce canit volucres dum dedpit auceps ; 
Impia suh dulci meJle venena latent. Ovid. 
--"The^ pipe sounds sweetly, while the fowler is decoying 

concealed" ""^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^''''^^ ^^""^^ P^'"''''' ^^^ 
Mtcitoper multas prceda petita manus. Ovid.—" The prey 

that IS sought by many hands speedily accumulates." 
±it erranU medic-ina confessio. Cic.—" Confession is as 

medicine to him who has erred." " Confess your faults 

one to another," says the apostle, James v. 16. 
Fitfahricandofaher. Proi;.-"To become a blacksmith you 

must work at the forge." ^ 

Fit in domimtu sermtus, in servitute domindtus. Cic— « He 

who should be the master, sometimes becomes the servant 

he who should be the servant, the master. ' 

Fit sonus ; incldmat comites, et lUmma poscit. Ovid — " An 

uproar IS the consequence ; she summons her attendants, 
and calls for lights. 

Magrante hello.—'' While the war was raging " 
Flagranti delicto. — " In the commission of the ofience " 
* In the very act." 

Flamma fumoest proxma. Plaut.— " Flame is near akin to 
smoke. So our proverb, " Where there's smoke there's 
nre. JNo rumour is without some foundation 



Flamma per incensas citius sedetur aristas. Propert. 

"Sooner might the flames be extinguished among the 
standing corn as it burns." 

Flare simul et sorhere haud facile est. Plaut. — " It is not 
easy to drink and whistle at the same moment." We 
must not try to do two things at once. 

FlMle ludlhrium. — "A deplorable mockery." Such, for 
instance, as a woman of seventy marrying a boy of four- 
teen. [See an instance in the Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 
i. p. 177.] 

Flehit, et insignis totd cantdhitur urhe. Hob. — "He shall 
lament it, and his name shall be sung the whole city 
through." The poet threatens his foes with this punish- 
ment. 

Flectere si nP.queo superos, Acheronta movebo. Vibg. — " If I 
cannot influence the gods of heaven, I will stir up Acheron 
itself." I will avail myself of every possible resource to 
accomplish my purpose. Words which are only likely to 
proceed from the mouth of a vindictive and unscrupulous 
opponent. 

Flet victus, victor interiit. — "The conquered mourns, the 
conqueror is undone." A not uncommon result, both in 
war and law. This saying took its rise from the battle of 
Chaeronea, which caused the destruction of both the The- 
ban and the Athenian power. 

Floriferi^ ut apes in salfibus omnia libant. Lijcbet. — " As 
bees sip of every juice in the flowery meads." Every one 
who makes selections tries to do this, the man of taste 
alone succeeds. 

Flumina jam lactis, jam flumina nectdris ihant. Ovid.— • 
" Now rivers of milk, rivers of nectar, were flowing." A 
description of the happy state of man in the Golden 
Age. 

FlUmlna libant 

Sv/mma leves ViRG. 

— " They lightly skim the surface of the rivers." 

Fluvius cum mari certas. Frov. — " You, a river, are con- 
tending with the ocean." Said to a person of small means 
trying to imitate the aflluent. 

Foedius hoc aliquid quandoque audebis JuT. — " Ere long 

you will dare to commit some crime more base than this.'* 



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F(Fdum inceptu, fcedum exitu. LiVT.— "A bad bemnnine 
leads to a bad ending." ^ 

Fcemim^ hahet in comu, longefuge, dummodo risum 
Excutiat sibi, non hie cuiquam parcit amico. HoE 
--" He haa hay upon his horn, fly afar from him, for so 
long as he can excite a laugh, he spares no friend." The 
ancients used to fasten a wisp of hay to the horns of a 
VICIOUS buU. The poet speaks of an unscrupulous man 
ready to say anything of another, to gratify his own vanity! 
The "DeTt"^ '"''^''^'"'^*~" ^^^ fountain of aU living things." 

Mntes ipsi Bjtiunt. Prov.—- Even the fountains are athirst " 
t5aid ironicaUy of wealthy men who are covetous. 
adTant? e'^' ^''^^'^^ ^'* Oyid.—" Beauty is a frail 

Formd pauperis. Law Term.--\n form of a poor man." 
See In forma, &c. 

Forma viros neglecta decet Ovid.—" A neglect of per- 

sonal appearance becomes men." 

Formam quidemipsam, Mar ce fill, et tanquam flciem honesti 
mdes; quw st oculis cerneretur, mirdhUes amores excitdret 
sapienhcB Cic.-« You see, my son Marcus, the very 
hgure and features, as it were, of virtue ; and, if it could 

bvefor SdJm "^ """^ ^^^'' ^^ ^"""^^ ^^""'^ * marvellous 

Format enim natura pHus nos intus ad omnem 
Fortumrum hdhitum ; juvat, aut impellit ad iram, 
Aut ad humum moerore gravi deducit et angit ; 
Fosteffert dnimi motus interprete lingud. HoR 

--" For nature forms us first within to every modification 
of circumstances ; she delights us, impels us to anger, or 
depresses us to the earth, and afflicts us with healy sor- 
row ; and then expresses these emotions of the mind by 
the tongue, its interpreter." "' 

FormiddhUi^ cervorum exercitus, duce lebne, qmm leonum 
cervo. frov^- An army of stags would be more formid- 
able under the command of a Hon, than one of Uons un- 

Formosa fdcies muta commenddtio est. Sye.— " A handsome 
lace 18 a silent recommendation." 



— Formdsos scepe inveni pessmos^ 
Ft turpi facie multos cognovi opttmos. Ph^d. 
— " I have often found the good-looking to be very knaves, 
and I have known many with ugly features most worthy 



men 



Forsan et hcec olim memmisse juvdhit ; 
Durdte, et vosmet rebus servdte secundis. ViEG. 
— " Perhaps it may one day be a pleasure to remember 
these sufierings ; bear up against them, and reserve your- 
selves for more prosperous fortunes." 

Forsan mlseros meliora sequentur. YiEG. — " Perhaps 

better fortunes await us wretched men." 

ForsUan hie dliquis dicat, Qucs publica tangunt 

Carpere concessum est ; hoc via juris habet. OviD. 
— " Perhaps some one here may say, * What encroaches on 
the highway it is allowable to take ; this right the road 
confers.'" 

Fortem facit victna libertas senem. Sen. — " The prospect of 
liberty makes even an old man brave." 

Fortem posce dntmum Jfv. — " Pray for strong re- 
solve." The motto of Lord Say and Sele. 

Fortem posce dnmum, mortis terrbre carentem^ 
Qui spatium vitce extremum inter mUnera ponat, 

N^atHrcB JuY. 

— " Pray for strong resolve, void of the fear of death, that 
reckons the closing hour of life among the boons of 
nature." 

Fortes creantur fortibus et bonis ; 
Fst in juvencis, est in equis patrum 
Virtus, nee imbellem ferdces 
Frogenerant dqmlcB columbam. HoE. 
— " The brave are generated by the brave and good ; 
there is in steers and in horses the virtue of their sires, 
nor does the warlike eagle beget the peaceful dove." 
Fortes fortuna adjuvat. Tee.—" Fortune favours the bold." 
These words were quoted by the elder Pliny shortly be- 
fore he perished, in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, a 
victim to his thirst for knowledge. 
Fortior et potentior est dispositio legis quam hdmtnis. Law 
^aX' — "The control of the law is stronger and more 
powerful than that of man." 



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FortU cade>e, ced?re mn potest.-" The braye may faU, but 
will never yield " A play upon the reaemblance of the 
words cadere and cedere. 

Fortis et constantis dnlmi est, non perturhdH in rebus aspens. 

^ICa ^\'^*¥ P^oo^ of a brave and resolute spirit, not 
to be daunted m adversity." 

Fortisslmus ille est 

Quipromptus metuenda pati, si cominus instent. Lucan 
-- He IS the bravest, who is prepared to encounter dan- 
ger on the instant." 

Former ferendo vincUur raalum quod evitdri non potest Frov 
- By bravely enduring it, an evil which cannot be 
avoided is overcome." 
FortitjWo in lahorihus perlculisque cern^itur : temperantia in 
prcBtermittendis voluptdtihus : prudentia in delectu lonbrum 
^J jrialorum ; jy^titia in suo cuique tribuendo. Cic— 
fortitude IS to be seen in the endurance of toHs and 
dangers ; temperance, m a self-denial of luxuries ; pru- 
dence, m a choice between good and evil ; justice, in ren- 
dering to every one his due " ^ ' 
Fortius e multis mater desiderat unum • 

Qy^rnqu^ fiens clamat, Tu mihi soils eras. Ovid 
^ mini ^^^^^l ^^^"^i*^^^ does a mother bewaQ one out 
my^S^'one'- ' ""'"^^^^ ^^'^""^''^ '^^^ ^^«* 

Fortunafavetfatuis.---<' Fortune favours fools." 
Fortunahumdnafingit artatque ut lubet. PLArT.-" Fortune 

F^tt" """"^ ^''^"'^^ ^""^^ ^^^^^^i-«^ -« «be pleases " 

Fortuna magna magna domino est serirtus. Ste.-« A m-eat 
fortune is a great slavery to its owner." He who haf^m 
mense wealth, is troubled with cares unknolv^To others 

Fortuna multts dat nmium, nulli satis. Maet.-^' Fortune 
gives to many too much, to none enough." 

Fortuna mmium quern fovet, stultwn facit. Ste.-« Fortune 
makes a fool of the man whom she favours too much " 
o?r nXY" " ^T' Hob.-" Fortune does not change 
flesh " ^""^^ "" *^^ ^^^^ ^^^'* ^^^ of the 

Fortuna obesse nulli contenta est semel. Ste.— " Fortune is 
not content to do a man but one iU turn." " Misfort^ea 
never come single." ^''J-isiurtunea 



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Fortuna opes auferre,non ammum potest. Sen. — "Fortune 
may deprive us of wealth, but not of courage." 
" I care not, Fortune, what you me deny ; 
Of fancy, reason, virtue nought can me bereave." 

Thomson. 

FortHna parvis 9Jwmentis magnas rerum commutationes efficit. 
— " Fortune, in a short moment, effects vast changes in 
worldly affairs." The fate of a kingdom often depends 
upon the act of a moment. 

Fortuna scevo Iceta negotio, et 

Ludum insolentem ludere perfinax, 
Transmutat incertos Jionores, 

N^unc mihi, nunc alii benigna. Hoe. 
— " Fortune, delighting in her cruel pursuit, and persisting 
in playing her insolent game, shifts her uncertain honours, 
indulgent now to me, now to another." 

FortUna vitrea est, turn cum splendetfrangitur. Ste. — " For- 
tune is like glass — while she shines she breaks." She has 
its splendour with its brittleness. 

Fortunes ccetera mando. Ovid. — " I confide the rest to 

fortune." I have taken all measures to ensure success, 
the rest remains in the hand of God. 

Fortunes fllius. Hoe. — " A son of fortune." A favourite 
child of fortune ; one of a number that are very often 
spoiled. 

Fortunes majoris Tionos, erectus et acer. Claud. — " An hon- 
our to his elevated station, upright and brave." 

Fortunes verba dedique mece. Ovid. — " And I have de- 
ceived my destiny." 

Fortilnam reverenter Jiabe, quicunque repente 

Dives ab exili progrediere loco. AirsoN. 

— " Behave with all respect to fortune, you who have sud- 
denly risen to wealth from narrow circumstances." 

Fortundto omne solum patria est. — " To him who is fortunate 
every land is his country." 

Fortundtus et ille deos qui novit agrestes. Yieg. — " Happy the 
man who makes acquaintance with the rural gods." Such 
a man knows the health and pleasures of a country life. 

Fragtli qu<Brens illldere dentem 

Ofendet solido HoE. 

— " Trying to fix her tooth in some tender part, Envy vrlll 

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' Btrike it against the solid." In aUusion to the Fable of the 
Serpent and the File. 
Franga^,nonflectes.-^ You may break, you shall not bend, 
me. Motto of the Duke of Sutherland and Earl Granville. 
J^^ange, miser, calamos, vigildtaque prcelia dele, 
Qui facts inparvd suhlmia carmma celld, 
Ut d^nus venias hederis, et imagine, macrk Jut 
—" Break your pens, poor wretch ! Blot out your bat- 
tles that have kept you watching, you that writ4 subHme 
poetry in your narrow room, that you may come forth 
worthy ot an ivy crown and a meagre statue." 
±raudare eos qui sciunt et comentiunt nemo videtur. Law 
JZ«;r.- It IS not deemed that a fraud is committed upon 
those who are aware of the act and consent to it " 
Fraus est celdre fraudem. Law Max.-^- It is a fraud to con- 
ceal Iraud. By domg so a person becomes in the eye of 
the law an accomplice. 
mgUam aquam effundere.-- To throw cold water on a mat- 
ter, lo discourage an undertaking, by damping the en- 
thusiasm of the projector. To poo-pobh a thing as im- 
practicable or unprofitable. 6 "1 
Frigora mitescunt Zeplyris ; verproterit cestas 
Lnteritura, simul 

^omifer autumnusfruges effuderit ; et mox 

Bruma recurrit iners. Hob 

—" The colds are mitigated by the Zephyrs ; the summer 
toUows close upon the spring ; shortly to die itself, as soon 
as the truit-bearmg autumn shaU have poured forth her 
truits ; and then anon sluggish winter returns again." 
±Yons oculi^ultuspersc^e mentiuntur : ordtio vera scepissime. 
l^u'l. ^^fo^ehead, eyes, and features often deceive ; 
still oftener the speech." It is a maxim of Machiavellian 
policy that 'the use of speech is to conceal the thoughts " 

Frontt nulla Jldes JuY.-" There is no trustin| the 

teatures. Judge not from outward appearances 
M-ucfu non fohis arhorem cestlma. Phaed.— " Judffe of a 

tree from its fruit, not from its leaves." 
Fruges con^umere nati Hoe.-" Bom only to consume the 
fruits of the earth." Alluding to persons who pass their 
lives m eating and drinking, but are comparatively useless 
to society. i: j ^ 



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Frustra fit per plura, quod fieri potest per paucidra.-r-^' It is 
useless to do by many, that which may be done by a 
few." The chances are that they will be in each other's 
way. "Too many cooks spoil the broth." 

Frustra Herciili. Frov. — " It is in vain you speak against 
Hercules." Applied to those who speak ill of persons 
really above reproach. 

Frustra lahorat qui ommhus placere studet. Frov. — "He 
labours in vain who tries to please everybody." The 
Fable of the Old Man and the Ass teaches the same 
lesson. 

Frustra retindcula tendens 

Fertur equis aurlga, neque audit currus hahenas. Vieg. 
— " In vain as he pulls the reins, is the charioteer borne 
along by the steeds ; they no longer heed his control." 

Frustra vitium vitdveris illud. 

Si te alio pravus detorseris Hoe. 

— " In vain do you avoid one vice, if in your depravity 
you plunge into another." 

Fucumfacere. — " To give a false colour to a thing." 

Fugam fecit. Law Term. — " He has taken to flight." Said 
of a person who has fled from trial. 

Fuge magna ; licet suh paupere tecto 

Feges et regum vita prcecurrere amlcos. Hoe. 
— " Avoid an elevated station ; under a poor roof one may 
surpass even kings and the friends of kings in what is 
reaUy life." 

Fugere est triumphus. — "Flight is a triumph." Said in the 
case of flight from temptation. 

Fugiendo in media scepe ruitur fata. Liyy. — " By pre- 
cipitate flight we often rush into the very midst of de- 
struction." 

" Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day 
(Live tiU to-morrow) will have pass'd away." 

COWPEE. 

Fugit hora. — " Time flies." Lost moments can never be re- 
covered. 

Fugit improhus, ac me 

Sub cultro linquit Hoe. 

— " The rogue runs away, and leaves me under the knife.'* 



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He deserts me in my danger, and leaves me to be sacri- 
ficed. 

— Fugit irrepardMe tempus. YiEO. — " Time flies, never 
to be regained." 
— Fuit Ilium 



ViEO. — " Ilium was." So said in re- 
ference to the former greatness of Ilium, or Troy, and the 
complete destruction which had befallen it. Commonly 
said of a thing long past. The expression may be appropri- 
ately applied to a man who is " a wreck of his former self." 

Fuit ista quondam in hoc repuUicd virtus, ut viri fortes aceri- 
orihus suppliciis^ civem pemiciosum, quam hostem acerbissi- 
mum coercerent. Cic— " Virtue once prevailed so far in 
this republic, that our stem rulers would subject a vicious 
citizen to a more severe punishment than even the most 
inveterate enemy." 

— ^Fulgente trahit constrictos gloria curru, 

Non minus ignotos generusis Hoe. 

— " Glory drags along chained to her glittering car, the 
humble no less than those of noble birth." 

Fumos vendere. Maet.— "To sell smoke." To barter for 
money that which is worth nothing. A favourite of the 
emperor Alexander Severus was in the habit of selling his 
pretended interest at court, as " smoke." The emperor, 
on hearing of it, had him smoked to death, and proclam- 
ation made to the effect that "the seller of smoke was 
punished by smoke." 

Fumum et opes, strepltumqite Bomce Jrv. — " The smoke, 

the show, the rattle of the town." 

Functus officio.— ''Udmng discharged his duties." Said of 
one who no longer holds his former office. 

Fundamentum est justiticd fides. Cic— " The foundation of 
justice is good faith." 

Funem ahrvmpere nimium tendendo. Frov. — " To break the 
cord by stretching it too tight." In allusion to the mind, 
which becomes enfeebled if kept intensely applied too long. 

Funera plango, fulgura frango, Sabhata pango, 
Fxclto lentos, disslpo ventos, paco cruentos. 
— " I bewail deaths, I disperse lightnings, I announce the 
Sabbath, I arouse the slow, I dispel the winds, I appease 
the blood-thirsty." A mediaeval inscription on a bell. 



FUN— FUT. 



135 



— Fungar indni 

Munere Yina. 

— " I will discharge an unavailing duty." 
'Fungar vice cotis, acutum 



Beddere qucsferrum valet, exsors ipsa secandi. HoE. 
— " I will act the part of a whetstone, which can give an 
edge to iron, while incapable of cutting itself." Literary 
critics, like whetstones, often give to others an edge. 
Fungino genere est, capUe se totum tegit. Plaut. — " He is 
ot the mushroom kind— he covers all his body with his 
head." Said of a man having apetasus, or broad-brimmed 

hat. TT • i> 4 V. 

Fungino genere est, svMto crevit de nihilo.—" He is ot the 
mushroom genus, he has suddenly sprung up from no- 
thing." ^ , , 

Fumculis liadtum vel puer verherdret.^ Frov.--'' A man bound 
with cords even a child can beat." 

Furdri litoris arenas. Frov.— "To steal the sands of the 
sea-shore." Said of those who prize things of no value to 

any one else. • i i j 

Furiosus ahsentis loco est. Coke.—" A madman is looked 

upon as absent." Because of the absence of reason. 
Furiosus furore suo punitur. Law Max.—'' A madman is 
punished by his own madness." The affliction of madness 
is quite sufficient, without the sufferer being made re- 
sponsible for his acts. The sentence may also be made to 
mean that a furious man causes suffering and repentance 
to himself by giving way to passion. 

Furor arma ministrat. Vieg.— " Their rage suppbes them 

with arms." Said of the desperation manifested in a 
popular insurrection, or in a captured city, when each 
uses as a weapon whatever comes to baud. Thus Abime- 
lech and Pyrrhus were slain by missiles thrown by women, 

on the capture of a city. a t4. • v 

Furor est post omnia perdere naulum. J irv. — It is sheer 



madness, when everything else is gone, to lose one's pas- 
sage-money too." It is unwise to cut oft' every hope. 

Furor fit Icesd scepius patientid. Prou.—" Patience, when 
trespassed on too often, is converted into rage." 

Furor loquendi, or scribendi. See Cacoethes, &c. 

FutHra expectans presentibus angor.—" While awaitmg the 



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GAL— GEN 



future I am tormented by the present.'* The situation of 
a man in present difficulties, but with good prospects. 



Galedtum sero duelli 



Poenitet- 



G. 



Juv. 



— " Having put on your helmet, it is late to repent of 
becoming a warrior." Good advice to a soldier before he 
takes the fatal shiUing. See Gladiator, &c. 

Oallus in suo sterquilmio plurimum potest. Sen. — " Every 
cock is master of his own dunghill." 

Garrit amies 

Ex refabellas HoK. 

— " He relates old women's tales very much to the pur- 
pose." 

Gaude, Maria Virgo.—'' Eejoice, Virgin Mary." The begin- 
ning of an anthem chaunted by the monks of the Eomish 
Church at nightfall ; from which that particular period of 
time obtained the name of the Godemarre. 

Gaudent prcenomine molles 

Aunciilcd Hob. 

— "Delicate ears are tickled with a title." 

Gaudet equis, canibusque, et aprwi grdimne campi. HoE. 
— " He delights in horses, and dogs, and the grass of the 
sunny plain." 

Gaudetque viamfecisse ruind. Luc an. — " He rejoices at 

having made his way by ruin." Said by Lucan of Julius 
Caesar, against whom he manifests a most bitter prejudice. 

Genius /oc/.— "The Genius" or "presiding spirit, of the 
place." 

Genus humdnum multofmt illud in arvis 

Durius LucBET. 

— " The human race was then far more hardy in the fields." 

Genus immortdle manei, multosque per annos 

StatfortHna domUs, et avi numerantur avdrum. Vikg. 
— " The race continues immortal ; throughout many years, 
the fortunes of the house still flourish, and grandsires of 
grandsires are to be numbered." A picture of a thriving 
community. 



GEN— GEA. 



137 



Genus irritdhile vatum. Hoe.—" The sensitive race of 

poets." Who are peculiarly tenacious of their literary 

fame. 

Gladidtor in arend consilium capit. Troy. — " The gladiator, 
having entered the lists, is taking advice." Said of a man 
taking counsel at a moment at which it is probably too 
late to use it. See Galeatum, &c. 

Gloria est consentiens lam bonorum, incorrupta vox henejudi- 
cantium de excellenti virtdte. Cic— " Glory is the unani- 
mous praise of the good, the unbought voice of those who 
can well discriminate as to surpassing virtue." 

Gloria Fatri.—'' Glory be to the Father." 

Gloria virtutem tanquam umbra sequitur. Cic. — " Glory fol- 
lows virtue, as though it were its shadow." 

GloricB et famed jactura facienda est, pubViccB utilitdtis causa. 
Cic. — " A sacrifice must be made of glory and fame for 
the public advantage." 

Gnatum parUer uti his decuit, aut etiam amplius. 

Quod ilia cetas magis ad hcec utenda idonea est. Tee. 

" Tour' son ought to have enjoyed these good things 

equally with you, or even more so, because his age is bet- 
ter suited for such enjoyments." 

GrcBcia captaferum victorem cepit, et artes 

IntUlit agresti Latio -^P?* 

— " Greece, subdued, captivated her uncivilized conqueror, 
and imported her arts into unpolished Latium." 

Grcecbrvm animi servitnte ac miserid fracti sunt. LiVT. — 
" The minds of the Greeks are broken down by slavery 
and wretchedness." The historian speaks of the time 
when Greece had succumbed to the Eoman arms. 

Grceeiilus esuriens ad caelum jusseris ibit. Juv. — " The hun- 
gry wretch of a Greek would attempt heaven even, were 
you to bid him." So the English line, " Bid him go to 
hell, to hell he goes." Said of the wretched sycophants 
who, in its degenerate days, left Greece, the country of 
their birth, to fawn on the great men of Eome. 
Grammafici certant, et adhuc subjudlce lis est. Hoe.—-" The 
grammarians disagree, and the matter in dispute is stiU 
undetermined." 
Gram, loquitur ; Dia. vera docet ; Wie. verba colorat ; 
Mu, canit ; Ar, numerat ; Geo. ponderat ; As. docet astra. 



m 



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138 



GEA. 



GEA. 



139 



/<:| 



— "Grammar speaks correctly ; Dialectics (Logic) teach 
us truth ; Ehetoric gives colouring to our speech ; Music 
sings ; Arithmetic reckons ; Geometry measures ; Astro- 
nomy teaches us the stars." Two Latin hexameters, com- 
posed to assist the memory in conveying to it some cor- 
rect information. 
Grata superveniet qucB non sperdhltur Twra, Hoe. — "The 
hour of happiness will be the more welcome, the less it 
is expected." Unexpected blessings are doubly accept- 
able. 

Gratia'^hjqflcio quod mora tardat abest. Ovid. — " Thanks 
are lost for a service tardily performed." 3 -fix Toiit, \ S^, 

Gratia gratiam parit. Prov. — "Kindness produces kind- 
ness." 

Gratia^ Musa tibi. Nam tu solatia prcehes ; 

Tu cures requies, tu medicina mali. OviD. 

— " Thanks to thee, my Muse. For it is thou that dost 
afford me solace ; thou art a rest from care, a solace for 
my woes." 

Gratia placendi.—'' The delight of pleasing." The happi- 
ness we ought to feel in making others happy. 

Gratia pro rebus merito debetur inemtis. OviD. — " Thanks 
are justly due for things obtained without purchase." 

Grati(B eay^c^a7?t?^.—" Anticipated benefits." Advantages 
in perspective. 

Gratior et pulchro veniens in corpore virtus. Yieo. " Even 

virtue appears more lovely, when it inhabits a beautiful 
form." 

Gratis anhelans, multa agendo nihil agens. Ph^d. — " Out 
of breath about nothing, with much ado doing nothing." 
The poet's picture of the busy-bodies of Eome. 

Gratis asseritur.—'' It is asserted, but not proved." 

Gratis dictum.—'' SM to no purpose." Irrelevant to the 
present question. 

Gratis poenitet esse probum. OviD. — " A man is sorry 

to be honest for nothing." 

Gratulor quod eum quern necesse erat diligere, qualiscunque 
esset, talem habemus, ut libenter quoque diligdmus. Cic. — 
" I rejoice that he, whom, whatever his character might 
have been, I was bound to love, should prove himself such, 
that I can feel a pleasure in bestowing my affections on 



him." A compliment paid by a son or a subject, who 
finds the object of his duteous respect equally that of his 
admiration. 
Gratum est quod patrics civem populoque dedisti, 
Sifacis ut patricB sit idoneus, HtUis agris ; 
TJtUis et bellorum et pacts rebus agendis. JuT. 
— " It deserves our gratitude that you have presented a 
citizen to your country and people, if you take care that 
he prove useful to the state, and of service to her lands ; 
useful in transacting the affairs both of war and peace." 
Gratum hominem semper benejicium delectat ; in^rdtum semel. 
Sen. — " A benefit received is always delightful to a grate- 
ful man ; to an ungrateful man, only at the time," — that 
is, at the moment when it is bestowed. 
Grave nihil est homini quod fert necessitas. — *' Nothing is 
really heavy to a man, which necessity brings upon him." 
Grave paupertas malum est, et intolerdbtle, qum magnum domat 
populum. — " The poverty which weighs down a great peo- 
ple is a grievous and intolerable evil.' ' 
Grave pondus ilium, magna nobilitas premit. Sen.-— "A 
grievous burden, his exalted rank weighs heavy on him." 
Grave senectus est homimbus pondus.^'' Old age is a heavy 
burden to man." 

Grave virus 

MunditicB pepulSre Hob. 

— "Eefinement expelled this offensive style." Horace 
alludes to the coarse and rugged lines of the early Eoman 
authors, which became improved by their communication 
with the Greeks. 
Gravidra quadam sunt remedia pericuUs. Syb. — " Some 
remedies are worse than the disease." This can be only 
said with reference to so-called remedies administered 
by quacks. 
Gravis ira regum semper. Sen. — " The anger of kings is 
always heavy." Because they have the means of showing 
their displeasure. 
Gravissimum est imperium consuetHdinis. Ste. — "The em- 
pire of custom is most mighty." The tyranny of fashion 
is a penalty inflicted on us in conjunction with the bless- 
ings of civilization. See Ustis tyrannus est. 



uo 



GEE— HAB. 



■G-rex totus in agris 



Unvus scahie cadit, et porrigine porci. JuY. 
— " The entire flock dies in the fields of the disease intro- 
duced by one, and the swine of the measles." 

Orex vendlium. Sueton.— " A venal throng." An assem- 
bly whose votes are put up for sale. 

Gustatus est sensus ex omnibus maxime vohiptarius. Cic— 
" The sense of taste is the most exquisite of all." 
JEdere oportet ut vivas, &c. 

Gutfa cavat lapidem, consumltur annulled tisu, 
M teritur pressd vomer adunctis humo. Ovid. 

— " The drop hollows out the stone, the ring is worn bv 
use, and the curved ploughshare is rubbed away by the 
pressure of the earth." 

Gutta cavat lapidem non vi sed scepe cadendo. Prov. " Drip- 
ping water hollows the stone not by force, but by con- 
tinually falling." 

Gutta fortuncB prcB dolio sapientice. Prov. — "A drop of for- 
tune is worth a cask of wisdom." 



H. 

Habeas corpus. Law T<?m.— "You are to bring up the 
body." The English subject's writ of right. Where a 
person has been imprisoned, having offered sufficient bail, 
which has been refused though the case is a bailable one' 
the judges of the court of Chancery or the Queen's Bench 
may award this writ, for the discharge of the prisoner, on 
receiving bail. 

Habeas corpus ad prosequendum. Law Term. — " You are to 
bring up the body for the purpose of prosecuting." A 
writ for the removal of a person for trial in the proper 
county. ^ ^ 

Habeas corpus ad respondendum. Law Term, — " You arc to 
bring up the body to make answer." A writ to remove a 
prisoner from the jurisdiction of a lower court to that of 
a higher one. 

Habeas carpus ad satisfaciendum. Law Term. — "You are 
to bring up the body to satisfy." A writ against a person 



HAB. 



141 



in a lower court, where judgment has been pronounced 
against him, to remove him to a superior court, that he 
may be charged with process of execution. 

Habemus confitentem reum. Cic. — " We have his own con- 
fession of his guilt." 

Habemus luxuriam atque avaritiam^pvhlice egestdtem, privdtim 
opulentiam. Sall. — " We have luxury and avarice, pub- 
lic want, private opulence." Gate's description of Eome 
in the latter days of the republic. 

Habent insUias hominis blandttice mali. Ph^d. — " The fair 
words of a wicked man are fraught with treachery." 

Habeo senectUti magnam gratiam, quad mihi sermonis avidi- 
tdtem auxit, potionis et cibi sustulit. Cic— " I owe many 
thanks to old age, which has increased my eagerness for 
conversation, and has diminished my hunger and thirst." 

Habere derelictui rem suam. AuL. Gell. — "To abandon 
one's affairs to ruin." 

Habere facias possessionem. Law Term. — " You are to put 
in possession." A writ commanding the sheriff to give 
seisin of land recovered in ejectment. 

Habet aliquid ex intquo omne magnum exemplum, quod contra 
singulos, utilitdte puhUcd rependUur. Tacit. -- '^ Every 
great example [of punishment] has in it some injustice, 
but, though it affects iudividuals, it is balanced by the 
promotion of the public good." 

Habet et musca splenem. Frov.—" A fly even has its anger.* 
A warning that no enemy is to be despised, however 
weak and insignificant. See Inest et, &c. 

Habet iracundia hoc mali, non vult regi. Sen. — " Anger has 
this evil, that it will not be governed.'* 

Habet natHra, ut alidrum omnium rerum, sic vivendi modum ; 
senectus autem peractio cetdtis est tanquam fabulce, cujus 
defatigationem fugere debemus, prcesertim adjunctd satietdte. 
Cic. — "As in all other things, so in living, nature has 
prescribed to us a mean ; but old age, like the last act of 
a play, is the closing of the scene, in which we ought to 
avoid too much fatigue, especially if we indulge to satiety." 

Habet salem. — " He has wit." He is a wag. 

Habet suum venenum blanda ordtio. Ste. — " K soft speech 
has its poison." 

Habitus corporis quiescenti quam defuncto svniilior, Pliny 



^ 



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HAC— ILEC. 



H^C. 



143 



the Younger. — " The appearance of the body was more that 
of a person asleep than dead." His description of the ap- 
pearance of the body of his uncle, the Elder Pliny, after 
his death. 

Hoc jacet in tiimhd rosa mundi non rosa munda. — " In this 
tomb lies a rose of the world, but no chaste rose." A 
punning epitaph placed by the monks on the tomb of fair 
Kosamond, in reference to her name and lax morals. 

Sac sunt in fossd Beda venerdhilis ossa. — " In this grave lie 
the bones of venerable Bede." Inscription on the tomb 
of Beda in Durham cathedral. 

Hactenus invidics respondlmiis Otid. — " Thus far do I 

give an answer to envy." 

JScG nugcjB seria ducent 

In mala, derlsum semel, exceptumque sinistre. HoE. 
— " These trifles will lead to mischiefs of serious conse- 
quence, when once made an object of ridicule, and used in 
a sinister manner." 

See tlbi erunt artes, pacisque imponere morem, 
Parcere suhjectis et dehelldre superbos. ViEG. 

— " These shall be thy arts, to prescribe the conditions of 
peace, to spare the conquered, and to subdue the proud." 
The destinies of Kome. 

S(sc amat ohscurum ; volet hcec sub luce videri^ 
Judlcis argutum quce nonform'idat acumen ; 
S<Bc placuit semel ; hac decies repetita placebit. Hoe. 
— " The one courts the shade ; another, who is not afraid 
of the critic's caustic acumen, chooses to be seen in the 
light ; the one has pleased once, the other will give plea- 
sure if ten times repeated." 

HcBC a te non multum abludit imago. Hoe. — " This pic- 
ture bears no slight resemblance to you." 
Scec brevis est nostrdrum summa malorum. OviD. — 



" This is the short sum of our evils." 
-HcBC ego mecum 



Compressis ag^ito labris ; ubi quid datur ott, 

Illudo chartis HoE. 

— " These things I revolve by myself in silence. When I 
have any leisure I amuse myself with my papers." 
Scec facit, ut vivat vinctus quoque compede fossor ; 
Ziberaque aferro crura futura putet, Oyid. 



— " Hope it is that makes even the miner, bound with the 
fetter, to live on, and to trust that his legs will be 
liberated from the iron." 
-Scec perinde sunt, ut illius dnmus, qui ea possidet, 



Qui uti scit, ei bona, illi qui non ufitur recte, mala. Tee. 
— " These blessings are just according to the disposition 
of him who possesses them. To him who knows how to 
use them, they are blessings ; to him who does not use 
them aright, they are evils." 
Scec prima lex in amicUid sancidtur, ut neque rogemus res 
turpes, necfacidmus rogdti. Cic. — " This is the fiist law to 
be established in friendship, that we neither ask of others 
that which is dishonourable, nor ourselves do it when 
asked." 

Scec, pro dmicUid nostrd, non occultdvi. Suet. — "These 
things, in consideration of our friendship, I have not con- 
cealed from you." Said by Tiberius to his unworthy 

/ favourite, Sejanus. 
"^Scec scripsi non otii abundantid, sed amoris erga te. Cic. — 
" I have written this, not from having an abundance of 
leisure, but of love for you." 

S(EC studia adolescentiam alunt, senectutem oblectant, secundas 
res ornant, adversis soldtium ac perfugium prcebent, delectant 
domi, non impediunt foris, pernoctant nobiscum, peregrinan- 
tur, rusticantur. Cic. — " These studies are as food to us 
in our youth, they are the solace of our old age, the orna- 
ment of our prosperity, the comfort and refuge of our ad- 
versity ; they amuse us at home, they are no encumbrance 
abroad, they pass the night vrith us, accompany us on our 
travels, and share our rural retirement." So true it is, 
that books are the best, the most truthful, and the most 
constant of friends. 

Scec sunt jucundi causa cibusque malt. Ovid. — "These 
things are at once the cause and the nutriment of the 
delightful malady." 

Scec sunt quce nostrd Viceat te voce moneri. 

Vade age ViEO. 

— "These are aU the points on which I am allowed to 
offer you advice. Begone then." 

Scec Vivendi ratio mihi non convenit. Cic. — " This mode of 
living does not suit me." 



144 



HiER— HAU. 



HAU— HEU. 



145 



Sceredem Deus facit, non homo. Coke. — "It is God that 
makes the heir, not man." Because no man is the heir 
of another who is alive. See Nemo est hceres, Sac. 

Sceredis fletus sub persona ristis est. SxE. — " The tears of 
an heir are laughter beneath a mask." It is to be hoped 
that this saying has more wit than truth in it. 

Sceredum appelldtione veniunt hcsredes hceredum in infinitum. 
Coke. — " Under the appellation of heirs come the heirs of 
heirs for everlasting." 

Hceres hceredem^ &c. See Perpetuus nulU, &c. 

McBres jure reprcesentationis. — " An heir by right of repre- 
sentation." Thus, a grandson inherits from his grand- 
father, as representing his father. 

JECceres legitlmu^ est quem nuptioe demonstrant. Law Max. — 
" He is the legitimate heir, whom the marriage ceremony 
points out as such." To be an heir, a person must be 
horn, though he may not have been procreated^ in wedlock. 

Hceret lateri lethdlis arundo. Yiro. — " The fatal shaft 

remains fixed in her side." Words emblematical of tho 
deep-seated wounds of love, envy, or remorse. 

Haley onii dies. — " Halcyon days." The kingfisher, or halcyon, 
was supposed to sit upon her nest, as it floated, for seven 
days in the winter, upon the sea ; during which time that 
element was always calm ; hence the expression, " Halcyon 
days," expressive of a time of happiness or peace. 
y^ Sane cupit, hanc optat ; sold susp'irat in ilia; 

Signaque dat nutu, solicitatque notis. Ovid. 

— " Her he desires, for her he longs, for her alone he 

sighs ; he makes signs to her by nods, and courts her by 

gestures." 

Hanc veniam pH7musque damusque vicissim. Hob. — 

" "We expect this privilege, and we give it in return." 

Haspoenas garrula lingua dedit. Ovid. — " This punish- 
ment has a prating tongue incurred." 

Has vaticinafidnes eventus comprobdvit. Cic. — " The event 
has verified these predictions." 

Haud cequum facit, 

Qui quod d^dtcitj id dediscit. Plaut. 

— " He does not do right who unlearns what he has learnt." 

HaudfacHe emergunt quorum virtdtihus ohstat 

Hes angusta domi Juv. 



— "Those persons do not easily rise, whose talents are 
impeded by limited means." 
Havd igndra ac non incauta futuri. HoR. — " Neither 



ignorant, nor regardless, of the future." Said of the ant. 

Haud igndra mail miseris succurrere disco. ViEO. — " Not 
unacquainted with misfortune, I have learned to succour 
the wretched." The words of Dido, whom misfortunes had 
made more kind than wise, to the shipwrecked ^neas. 

• Haud passihus cequis. ViRG. — " Not with equal steps." 

These words are sometimes applied to a person who has 
been distanced by another in the race of life. 

Hectora quis nosset, sifelix Troja fuisset ? 
Puhlica virtiiti per mala facta via est. Ovid. 
— " Who would have known of Hector, if Troy had been 
fortunate ? A path is opened to virtue through the midst 
of misfortunes." 

Hei mihi ! hei miJii ! Istlicec ilium perdldit assentatio. 
Plaut. — " Ah me ! ah me ! this over-indulgence has 
proved his ruin." 

Hei mihi I non magnas quod Jiahent mea carnitna vires, 
Nostraque sunt merttis ora minora tuis ! Ovid. 

— " Ah me ! that these my verses have so little weight, and 
that my praises are so inferior to your deserts." 

Hei mihi, qvA)d nostri toties pulsdta sepulcri 

Janua, sed nullo tempore apertafuit. OviD. 

— " Ah ! wretched me ! that the door of my tomb should 

so oft have been knocked at, but never opened!" 

Heu I Fortuna, quis est crudflior in nos 

Te Deus ? Tit semper gaudes illudere rebus 

Humdnis Hon. 

— " Alas ! O Fortune, what god is more cruel to us than 
thou? How much thou dost always delight in making 
sport of the fortunes of men !" 

Heu melior quanto sors tua sorte mea, ! Oyid. — " Alas ! how 

-"Alas! forpiefy — 



much better is your fate than mine ! ' 
tas ! Heu prisca fides ! — ViEG.- 



Heu pietas ! Heu priscafidt 

Alas ! for our ancient faith ! " 
Heu ! qV'ttm difficile est crimen non prodPre vultu ! OviD. — 

"Alas! how diificult it is not to betray guilt by our 

looks!" 
Heu ! Quam diffictlis glorice custddia est ! Ste. — " Alas I 



UQ 



HEU— HIC. 



. how difficult is the guardianship of glory ! " Because more 
is expected of him who has once distinguished himself, 
than of the crowd of his fellow-men. 

Seu ! Quam misPrum est ah eo Icedi, de quo non ausis queri. 
Syb. — "Alas! how grievous is it to be injured by one 
against whom you dare make no complaint." 

Heu ! Quanta minus est cum rellquis versdri, quam tui memU 
nisse I — " Alas ! how little the pleasure of conversing with 
those who are left, compared with that of remembering 
thee." Shenstone's epitaph on Miss Dolman. 
" To live with them is far less sweet 
Than to remember thee." Moobe. 

I£eu quantum fati parva tabella vekit ! Ovid. — " Ah ! what 
a weight of destiny does one slight plank carry!" In 
allusion to a ship. 

Heu! totum triduum. Teb. — "Alas! a whole three days." 
The language of an impatient lover. 

Hi motus anirndrum^ atque hcec certdrntna tanta 

Pulveris exigui jactu compressa quiescent. YlEG. 
— " These commotions of their minds, and these mighty 
frays, checked by the throwing of a little dust, will cease." 
Said of the battles of the bees. These lines have been 
applied to the Carnival of the Eoman Church, and the 
season of repose which follows immediately after the 
ceremony of sprinkling the ashes on Ash Wednesday. 

Hi narrdta ferunt alio ; mensuraque jicti 

Crescit ; et audltis dliquid novus adjwit auctor. Ovid. 
— " These carrv elsewhere what has been told them ; the 
sum of the falsehood is ever on the increase, and each 
fresh narrator adds something to what he has heard." 

Hiatus maxime dejlendus. — " A deficiency very much to be 
deplored." Words used to mark a blank in a work, which 
has been rendered defective by accident or time. It is 
sometimes used in an ironical sense, in reference to speak- 
ers or other persons who make great promises, which they 
fa'il to perform. 

Hihermcis ipsis Hihernior.—" More Irish than the Irish 
themselves." A specimen of modern dog Latin, quoted 
against those who are guilty of bulls or other absurdities. 

Hie coquus scite ac mundUer condit cibos. Plaut. — " This 
cook seasons his dishes w^ell, and serves them up neatly." 






HIC. 14,7 

Hie dies vere miJiifestu^ atras ^ 

Eximet CUT as ■ JiOB. 

—"This day, to me a real festival, shall expel gloomy 

cares." Said originaUy in reference to the day on winch 

Augustus returned to ttome from Spam. ^^ 

Hie est aut nusquam quod qucerimus. HoE.—" What we 

seek is either here or nowhere." 
Hie est mucro defemionis mece. Cic— " This is my weapon 

of defence." This is the point of my argument. 
Hie et uhlque.—'' Here and everywhere." Words some- 

times used in reference to the omnipresence ot the 

Deity. ,, _ . 

Hie finis fandi.—'' Here ends the discourse. Let our con- 
versation end here. 

Hie funis nihil attraxit. Prot?.— "This line has taken no 
fish." This plan has not answered. 

Hie gelidifontes, hie mollia prata, Lycori, 

Hie nemus, hie toto tecum consumerer (BVO. Vibo. 

— " Here are cooling springs, here grassy meads ; here, 

Lycoris, the grove ; here vnth thee could I pass my whole 

Ufe." . ^ 

Hie locus est, partes uhi se via findit in ambas. Vibg.—- 
" This is the spot where the road divides into two parts. 

Hie manus, ob patriam pugnando vulnera passi^ — 
Quique pii vates, et Fhoebo digna loeUti : 
Inventas aut qui vitam excoluere per artes, 
Quique sui memores alios fecere merendo. Vieg. 
— " Here is a band of those who have sustained wounds 
in fighting for their country ; pious poets, who sang in 
strains worthy of Apollo ; those who improved life by the 
invention of arts, and who, by their deserts, have made 
others mindful of them." 

Hie murus aheneus esto. 

Nil eonscire sibi, nulla pallescere culpa. Hob. 
— " Let this be as a brazen wall of defence, to be con- 
scious of no guilt, to turn pale at no accusation." An 
admirable picture of the advantages of a good conscience. 

Hie nigrcB succus lollgmis^ hcec est 

.ZErugo mera. HOE. 

—" This is the invention of black envy, this is sheer can- 

kered malice." 

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nic. 



Mic patet ingeniis camptis, certusque merenti 

Stat favor : orndtur propriis industria donis. Claud. 
— "Here lies a field open for talent, and certain favour 
awaits the deserving; industry is graced with her appro- 
priate reward." 

Hie poterit cavere recte,jura qui et leges tenet. Plaut. — 
" He will be able to take all due precautions, who under- 
stands the laws and ordinances." 

Hie rogo, non furor est tie moridre mori? Maht.— " I ask, 
is it not downright madness to kill yourself, that you may 
not die?" ^ » j j 

" How ! leap into the pit our life to save ? 
To save our life leap all into the grave ?" Cowpee. 
Hie seciira quies, et nescia fallere vita. 

Dives opvm vaHdrum ; hie latis otiafundis, 
SpelunccB, vivique lacm ; hicfr'iglda Tempe, 
Mugltusque bourn, mollesque sub arbore somni. Yirg. 
— "Here is quiet free from care, and life ignorant of 
guile, rich in varied opulence ; here are peaceful retreats 
in ample fields, grottoes and refreshing lakes ; here are 
cool valleys, and the lowing kine, and soft slumbers be- 
neath the tree." The first hie is here substituted for 
at. 

Hie s^gUes, illuc veniunt fr.llcius uvce : 

Arborei foetus dl^ibi, atque injussa virescunt 

Gramma • Virg. 

— " Here grain, there grapes more abundantly grow ; nur- 
series of trees elsewhere, and grass spontaneously spring 

Hie situs est Phaeton currus aurlga paterni ; 

Quern si non tmuit, magnis iamen exc^idit ausis. Oyid. 

— " Here Phaeton lies buried, the driver of his father's 

car ; which if he did not manage, still he miscarried in a 

great attempt." The epitaph on the rash son of Apollo. 
Hie transltus efficit magnum vitce compendium. — " This change 

effects a great saving of our time." 
Hie ubi nunc urbs est, turn locus urbis erat. Oyid. " Here 

where now the city stands, was then the city's site." 
Hie ver assiduum, atque aliPnis mensUtts cestas. Yibg. 

" Here is everlasting spring, and summer in months that 

are not her own." 



HIC— HIE. 149 

. Hie vlvimus ambitiosd 

Faupertdte omnes. Jut. 

" Here we all live in an ostentatious poverty." The poor- 
est man in a company is very often found to have the 
best coat. 

Hildrisque tamen cum pondere virtus. Statius. — " Virtue 
may be gay, but with dignity." " Be merry and wise." 

Hinc nice lachrymcB^ HoR. — " Hence those tears." The ^^^ 
cause of his grief is now seen. 

Hinc omne principium, hue refer exitum. HoR. — " To this 
refer every undertaking, to this the issue thereof." To 
the decrees of Providence. 

Hinc subUcB mortes atque intestdta senectus. Jut.—" Hence 
arise sudden deaths, and an intestate old age." Debauchery 
and excesses cut short the lives of their votaries, and by a 
sudden death deprive them of the opportunity of making 
their will. 

Hinc tibi copia 

Mandbit ad plenum benigno 

Buris honorum opulenta cornu. Hob. 

" Here plenty, rich in rural honours, shall flow for you, 

with her generous horn full tc the very brim." In allu- 
sion to the Cornucopia. 

Hinc totaminfelixvulgdturfamaperurbem. ViRG. — "Hence 
the unhappy report was spread throughout the whole 

city." 

Hinc usura vorax, avidumque in tempore foenus, 

Et concussa fides, et multis utUe bellum. LuCAK. 

"Hence devouring usury, and interest accumulating 

by lapse of time — hence shaken credit, and warfare pro- 
fitable to the many." 

Hinc venti doodles rPsono se carcere solvunt, 
Et cantum acceptd pro libertdte rependunt. 

"Hence the obedient winds are loosed from their 

durance as they sound, and give melody in return for the 
liberty they have received." Words very applicable to 
the ^olian harp. 

Hirundinem sub eddem tecto ne habeas. Prot?.— "Do not 
have a swallow under the same roof." Do not make 
friends of those who will leave you when the spring and 
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HOC— HOD. 



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JELimndines cpstJvo tempore prcesto sunt : frlgore pulses rece- 
dunt. Ita falsi am'ici. Ad Herenn. — " The swallows in 
summer are among us ; in cold weather thej are driven 
away. So it is with false friends." Such friends may 
justly be c^iWeA fair-weather friends. 

His lachrymis vitam damus^ et miseresctmus ultro. YlBG. — 
" To these tears we concede his life, and willingly show 
mercy." 

His legibus solutis respublica stare non potest. Cic. — " These 
laws once repealed, the republic cannot last." 

His nunc prcemium est, qui recta pravafaciunt. Tee. — "In 
these days they are rewarded who make right appear 
wrong." 

His saltern accumulem donis, etfungar indni 

MunPre. ViRO. 

— " These offerings at least I would bestow upon him, and 
discharge this unavailing duty." A quotation often 
used with reference to distinguished men when deceased. 

Hoc age. — "Do this," or "attend to this." 

Hoc aecet uxbres ; dos est uxoria lites. Ovid. — " This befits 
wives only ; strife is the dowry of a wife." 

Hoc erat in more majorvm, " This was the custom of our 
forefathers." 

Hoc erat in votis ; modus agri non ita magnus ; 
Hortus uhi, et tecto vlc'inus jugis aqucefonSy 

Et paulum silvce siiper hisforet. HoB. 

— " This was ever the extent of my wishes ; a portion of 
ground not over large, in which is a garden, and a foun- 
tain with its continual stream close to my house, and a 
little woodland beside." 

Hoc est quod palles? cur quis non prandeat, hoc est? Pees. 
— " Is it for this you grow pale ? Is it for this that one 
should go without his dinner ?" 

Hoc est 

Vivere his, vita posse priore frui. Mart. 
— " It is to live twice over, to be able to enjoy the retro- 
spect of our past life." 
■Hoc fonte derivnta cl-ades, 



In pntriam, p^pulumque Jluxit. HoR. 

— " Derived from this source, perdition has overwhelmed 

the nation and the people." The poet says that the 



misfortunes of the Romans in their wars with the Par- 
thians originated in the depravity then universally pre- 
valent. 

Hoc maxime officii est, ut quisquis maxlme opus indigeat, ita 
ei potissimum opituldri. Cic— " It is more especially our 
duty, to aid him in preference who stands most in need 
of our assistance." 

Hoc opus, hoc studium, parvi properemus et ampli, 
Si patricB voliimics, si nobis vivere cari. Hob. 

— " Let us, both small and great, push forward in this 
work, in this pursuit ; if to our country, if to ourselves, 
we would be dear.'* 

Hoc pretium oh stultitiam fero. Tee.—" This is the rewaid 
I gain for my folly." 

Hoc qiwque, quam volui,plus est. Cane, Musa, receptus. Ovid. 

« Even this is more than I wished to say. My Muse, 

sound a retreat." 
^Hoc scio pro certo, quod si cum stercore certo, 
Vinco seu vincor, semper ego maculor. 
— "This I know for certain, that when I contend with 
filth, whether I vanquish or am vanquished, I am always 
soiled." Leonine rhymes. 

Hoc scito, nhnio celerius 

Venire quod molestum est, quam. id qiwd cuptde petas. 

Platit. 

— "Know this, that that which is disagreeable comes 

much more speedily than that which you eagerly desire." 
Hoc tibi sit argumentum, semper in promptu situm, 

Ne quid expectes amicos facPre, quod per te queas. 

— " Let this be your rule of life, always to be acted upon, 

expect not your friends to do anythijag that you can do 

yourself." 
Hoc tolerdhlle si non 

Et furere incipias. Juv. 

— " This might be endurable, if you did not begin to rave." 
Hoc volo, sic juheo, &c. See Sic volo, &c. 
Hodie mihi, eras tibi. Prov.--'' To-day for myself, to-morrow for 

you." Inscribed over the elder Wyatt's epitaph at Ditchley. 
Hodie nihil, eras credo. Vabro.— " To-morrow I will trust, 

not to-day." See Cras credimus, &c. 
Hodie vivendum amissd prcsteritorum curd. — "Let us live to- 



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HOM. 



day, dismissing all care for the past." Epicurean advice, 
given by a boon companion. 
' Ho mine imperlto nunquam quidquam injustius, 

Qui, nisi quod ipse facit, nil rectum putat. Ter. 
— " There is nothing more unreasonable than a man who 
wants experience, one who thinks nothing right except 
what he himsell' has done." 
Ronunem non odi sed ejus vitia.^" I hate not the man, but 
his vices." 

Hommem pagina nostra sapit. Mart. — "Our pages 

understand human nature." We write from experience. 

Homines ad deos 7iulld re propius accPdunt quam salfdem 
homMbu^ dando. Cic. — " In nothing do men more nearly 
approach the gods, than in giving health to men." 

Honiines amplius oculis quam aurlbus credunt : longum iter 
est per prcecepta, Ireve et ej Icax per exempla. Sen. — " Men 
believe their eyes rather than their ears — the road by pre- 
cept is long, by example short and sure." 

Hmnmes nihil agendo discunt male agere. Cato. — " By having 
nothing to do, men learn to do evil." 

" For Satan always mischief finds 

For idle hands to do." Watts. 

Homines proniores sunt ad voluptdtem, quam ad virtHtem, 
Cic. — " Men are more prone to pleasure than to virtue." 

Homines qui gestant, quique auscuUant crimlna, 
Si meo arhitrdtu llceat, omnes peiideant, 
Qestbres Unguis, auditores aurlbus. Plaut. 

— " Those men who carry about, and those who listen to, 
accusations, should all be hanged, if I could have my way, 
the carriers by their tongues, the hearers by their ears." 

Hommes quo plura habent, eo amplibra cupiunt. Just. — 
" The more men have, the more they want." 

Honiinis est errdre, insipientis perseverdre. — " It is the nature 
of man to err, of a fool to persevere in error." 

Hommisfrugi et temperantis functus officio. Ter. — " One who 
has acted the part of a virtuous and temperate man." 

Hominum sententia fallax. Ovid. — " The opinions of 

men are fallible." 

Homo ad res persplcacior Lynceo vel Argo, et oculeus totus. 
Apul. — " A man more clear-sighted than Lynceus or Ar- 
gus, and eyes all over." 



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Homo constat ex dudbus partlbus, corpore et amma quarum 
una est corporea, altera ab omni materiel concretione se^ 
nuncta Cic.— " Man is composed of two parts, body and 
soul, of which the one is corporeal, the other severed from 
all combination with matter." '^ 

Homo deltrus, qui verborum minutiisrerum frangttpondrra 
A Gell -"A foolish man, who fritters, away the weight 
of his subject by fine-spun trifling on^-ords." ^^ 

Homo extra est corpus suum cum irascitur. biE.- A man 
when he is angry is beside himselt. tt^mpts de 

Homo fermdus et dUigens ad omnia paratur A ^™pis de 
Imit. Ghnsti.—'' The man who is earnest and diligent is 
nrenared for all things." . 

HoL!h6rmni aut deus^aut lupus. Pro..-" Man is to mau 
either a eod or a wolt." 

mmo horrli deus, si officium sciat. ^^^f^T ^"^ *" ^'^ 
is a god, if he knows how to do his duty. ^^ 

Homo hommi lupus. Plaut.-" Man to man is a wolf. One 
man's loss is, too often, another man s gam. 
* Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands 

mourn." Burns. . << » 

Homo in Hispdniam natura naturam vitium msum.--- A 

woman about to sail to Spain to see the nature of vines. 

A Latin puzzle ; the sentence, at first, seemmg to have 

neither erammar nor meaning. ,, . . ^ i 

Homo Justus nilcuipiam detrdhit. Cic.-" A just man speaks 

ill of no one." ,. . , ... 

Homo multa habet instrumenta ad adipiscendam sapientiam. 
Cic.—" Man possesses numerous means oi acquu-mg wis- 

Ho^multdrum literdmm.—'' A man of many letters." A 
man of extensive learning. j . • 

Homo multi consilii et optmi.-^^^^ A man always ready to give 
his advice, and that the best." 

Homo qui erranti comlter monstrat viam, 
Quasi lumen de suo Umlne accendit,facit ; 
Nihilommus ipsi luceat, cum illi accenderit. 
— " He who kindly shows the way to one who has gone 
astray, acts as though he had lighted another s lamp by 
his own ; although it has given light to the other, it still 



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HOM— HON. 



lights him on his way." So Shakspeare says, " The quality 
of mercy is twice blessed." 
Homo qui in homme calamitoso est miser7cors, mPrmnit sui. 
Frov.^'' A man who is merciful to the afflicted, remem- 
bers what is due to himself." He remembers his duty as 
a man. 

Somo sine religidne, stent equus sincframo. JProv. — "A man 
without religion is like a horse without a bridle." 

JEEomo solus aut deus aut dcemon. Frov. — "A man to live 
alone must be either a god or a daemon." 

Homo sum ; Jiumnni nihil a me alienum puto. Tee. — " I am 
a man, and nothing that concerns a man do I deem a mat- 
ter of indifference to me." St. Augustin tells us that on 
hearing these words of the poet, the theatre resounded 
with applause. 

Homo toties moritur, quoties amittit suos. Ste. — "A man 
dies as many times as he loses his relatives." 

Homo trium literdrum, Plaut.— " A man of three letters " 

— FUE, " a thief." 

Homo unlus Ubri.—" A man of one book." To fix one's 
mind intently on one book, and master it, is the only 
way to become truly learned, at least, according to Thomas 
Aquinas, as quoted by Jeremy Taylor. 

Homuncidi quanti sunt! cum recogito. Plaut. "What 

poor creatures are men ! when I reflect upon it." 

Honesta mors turpi vita potior. Tacit.—" An honourable 
death is better than an ignominious life." The maxim 
of a martyr. 

Honesta paupertas prior quam opes maltje. JProv. — " Poverty 
with honesty is better than ill-acquired wealth." 

Honesta qucedam scelha successus facit. Sen.—" Success 
makes some crimes honourable." Thus rebellion and con- 
spiracy, though based on fraud and ingratitude, are dig- 
nified, if successful, with the name of " revolution." 

Honestum non est semper quod licet. Law Max.^ " That is 
not always honourable which is lawful." If every one 
scrupulously insisted on his legal rights, the world would 
be a scene of tenfold litigation. We must " give and take." 

Honestum quod vere didmus, etiamsi a nullo lauddtur, laud- 
dblle est sua natHrd. Cic— "That which we truly call 



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155 



virtuous, even though it be praised by no one, is praise- 

worthy in its own nature." . Cvt» — " A ffood 

Honestm rumor alterum patnmomum est. Ste.- A gooQ 

name is a second ^^^^^}^^'^^% ___« honour is the reward 
Honor est prcBmiwm virtutu. l^ic— xiouuui 

ffoSS«»» ropter necesutatem. Prov.-" Make much 
of a physician through necessity. 

ever returns." 

"l£n1o cita mors venit, aut «^f "fj'^'"'. ^^"''^'torv " 
moment of time comes sudden death, or joyous victoiy. 

The contingencies of a soldier s lile. 
Horrea formica tendunt ad indma nunquam; 
Nullus ad amissas ibit amicus opes. «JTtD. 

_"Ants never bend their course to an empty ^anary^ 
no friend will visit departed v^-ealth. Said in retertnce 
to feir-weather or^un^Bbine friend. ^ ^^^ .^ „ 

S^SS^aS: non cUtus aura ^-^J"^^-/ 
■a-orriau^ II ^^^/„o Virtus est mihtis decus. I^IVT- 

•^^^Thl sXr stt in! [rfterror and not be adorn^ 
with gold and silver, but rely upon h^ courage and bs 
sword Valour is the soldier a virtue. 

dreadful." n , « ^ ^rv (rarden " A collection of 

Hoseqo vericulos feci, tulit alter honores ; 
Sicvos non vohisfertU aratra boves ; 
Sic vos non vobis meUificdtis apes ; 
Sic vos non vobis vell^rafertis oves ; 
Sic vos non vobis nidijicdtis aves. V lEO. 



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HOS— HUC. 



HUC— HUN. 



157 



— "I wrote these lines; another has borne away the 
honour— Thus do ye, oxen, for others bear the yoke ; thus 
do ye, bees, for others make honey ; thus do ye, sheep, 
wear fleeces for others ; thus do ye, birds, for others build 
nests." — On the occasion of some shows at Eome, the 
weather was remarkable for tempestuous nights, with fine 
days. Virgil, then a young man, and unknown, wrote 
these lines, and fixed them in a conspicuous place : 
" Node pluit totd, redeunt spectdcula mane, 
Divlsum imperium cum Jove Ccesar hahet" 
" It rains all night, the games return with day, 
Caesar with Jove thus holds divided sway." 
The author being inquired for, a poet of the name of 
Bathyllus claimed the distich, and was rewarded accord- 
ingly. Virgil, indignant at this, wrote under the verses 
the Hne " Hos ego, &c.," and the words, " Sic vos non vobis^' 
four times. He alone proving able to complete the lines, 
of which these words were the beginning, the imposture of 
Bathyllus was detected, and he was dismissed with dis- 
grace, while Virgil obtained the credit which was his 
due. 

Hospes null us fam in amici hospitium devorti potest, 

Quin uhi triduum continuum fuer it, jam- odiosus siet^ 

Verum uhi triduum continuos immordbitur, 

Tametsi dominus non invUus patUur, servi murmurant, 

Platjt. 
-— JNo guest can be hospitably entertained by a friend, 
but what when he has been there three days together, he 
must become a bore ; but when he prolongs his stay' for 
ten successive days, even should the master willingly allow 
it, the servants grumble." 

HospUis antiqui solltas intrdvimus cedes. Ovid. "We 

entered the well-known abode of an old friend." 

Hostis est uxor inv'ita quce ad virum nuptum datur. Plaut. 
—"That wife is an enemy who is given to a man in 
marriage against her will." 

Hue natas adjice septem, 

Et totldem juvmes, et mox gmerosque nurusqus, 
Qu(sr1te nunc, hdheat quam nostra superhia causam. Ovid. 
— "Add to this my seven daughters, and as many sons, 
and ere long my sons-in-law and daughters-in-law; then 



inquire what reason I have for being proud." The vain- 
glorious words of the unfortunate Niobe. 

r-Huc propius me, ^ j- ix 

Btm doceo insamre omnes, vos ordine adite. Hon. 
— " Hither, all of you, come near me in order, while I con- 
vince you that you are mad." _ . , .. 
Huic maxime putdmus malo fuisse, nimiam opmionem ingenii 
atque virtiUis. Corn. Nepos.— " This we thmk was his 
especial misfortune, that he entertained too high an 
opinion of his own genius and valour." The character ot 
nn Vi PTn mt o cl 6 s 
Suic versatile ingmium sic pdriter ad omnia fuit, ut natum 
ad id unum diceres, quodcunque agPret. -LiVY.— Ihis 
man's genius was so versatile, so equally adapted to every 
pursuit, that in whatever he engaged, you would pronounce 
him to have been bom for that very thing alone. Ihe 
character of the elder Cato. , . i» 
Hujus aqucB tactus depellit dcemonis ac#«^.--" The contact of 
this water dispels the wiles of the devil." A mediaeval 
line describing the aUeged virtues of holy water. 
Humdni nihil alienum, Ter.-" Nothing that concerns a 

man is indifierent to me." Motto of Earl lalbot. 
Humanitdti qui se non accommodat, 

Flerumque pcenas oppPtit superUcB. PHiED. 
—"He who does not conform to courtesy, mostly pays 
the penalty of his superciliousness." 
Humdnum amdre est, humdnum autem ignoscPre est. i'l^^^^T. 
— " It is natural to love, and it is natural also to be 

considerate." . .. j. »> 

Humdnum est errdre.—'' It is the nature of man to err. 
The result of his finite comprehension. ^^ 

" To err is human, to forgive divine." Pope. 

Kumdnum fdclnus factum est, 

Actutum fortunce solent mutdrier. Vana mta est. I^attt 
— " The common course of things has happened 1 ortunes 
are wont to change upon the mstant. Lite is che- 
quered." — ^ tcTlitt 

Humlles lahurant uhi potentes dissident. l^H^D.— ine 
humble are in danger, when the powerful disagree. »ee 
Quicquid delirant, &c. ^^^ 

Rune comedendum et deridendum vohis proplno. lER.— 1 



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IBI— ID. 



159 



make him over to you to eat and drink him to the very- 
dregs." The figure is taken from the custom of tasting 
of a cup of wine, and then handing it to another. 
HystPron proteron. — "The last first." The Greek varipov 
irpoTepoVj Latinized. A figure of speech in which the order 
of things is inverted, as in the lines of Virgil, Georg. b. 
iii. 1. 60, and ^n. b. iii. 1. 662. See also JEn. b. ii. 1. 353, 
— Moridmur^ et in media arma rudmiLS. — " Let us die, and 
rush upon their weapons." 



I. 

I. E., for id est.—'' That is." 

I. H. S. — An inscription sometimes attached to the figure 
of the cross. It may mean, Jesus hominum Salvator, " Jesus 
the Saviour of men," or In hoc salus, " In him is salvation." 
Or for the beginning of the Greek IHSOYS, " Jesus." 

/. iV. H. I., for Jesus Nazarmus Hex Judcdorum. — " Jesus of 
Nazareth, King of the Jews." The inscription over the 
cross. 

I. Q. for idem quod. — " The same as." 

J, hone, quo virtue tua te vocat ; i pede faustOy 

Orandia latHrus meritorum prcemia. Hon. 

— ■" Go, my brave fellow, whither your valour calls you, go 
with prosperous step, certain to receive the ample rewards 
of your merit." Words addressed to a soldier who had 
by his valour already won a purse of gold. To which he 
made answer, Ihit eo quo, &c., which see. 
-I demens ! et scevas curve per Alpes, 



Ut pueris placeas, et decldmdtiojias. JuT. 

— " Go, madman ! run over the rugged Alps, that thou 

mayst amuse children, and become the subject of a theme." 

I nunc, et veterum nobis exempla virdrum, 

Quiforti casum mente tulere refer, Oyid. 

— " Come now, and recount to me the examples of men of 

ancient times, who have endured evils with fortitude." 

I nunc, magnlficoSy victor, mol'ire triumphos, 

Cinge comam lauro, votaque redde Jovi. OviD. 

— "Go now, thou conqueror, acquire splendid triumphs, 

encircle thy brows with laurel, and pay thy vows to Jove.*', 



— Ibi omnis 
JEfusus labor. 



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-"There all "his labour is lost." Said of Orpheus, who 
lost Eurydice when bringing her back from the infernal 
regions. 

Ibis, redlbis, non morieris in hello. — "Thou shalt go, thou 
shalt return, thou shalt not die in battle." This may be 
also read, by changing the punctuation, Ibis, redlbis non, 
morieris in hello. " Thou shalt go, thou shalt not return, 
thou shalt die in battle." An ambiguous answer given 
by an oracle ; which, as punctuation was not used in 
ancient times, might save the credit of the oracle either 
way. 

Ibit eo quo vis, qui zonam perdidit. — Hoe. — " He who has 
lost his girdle, will go wherever you please." Among the 
ancients, money, or the pursej was sometimes kept within 
the girdle. It is of the same meaning as our homely 
adage, " Hungry dogs eat dirty puddings." See Grceculus 
esuriens, &c. 

Id arbUror, 

Adpr'ime in vita esse utile, nk quid nimis. Tee. 

— " This I consider in life to be especially advantageous ; 

that one do nothing to excess." See Sunt certi, &c. 

Id cinerem aut manes credis curdre sepultos ? ViEa. — " Do 
you suppose that the ashes of the dead, or the shades of 
the buried, care for that?" The poet's less enlightened 
countrymen believed, however, that ghosts ate and drank 
at certain periods of the year, and especially at the time 
of the Feralia, which they celebrated in February. See 
Ovid's Fasti, b. ii. 1. 560, et seq. 

Id commune malum, semel insanmmus omnes. MATfTUANUS, 
Eel. i. — " It is a common ill, that we have all been mad 






once. 
Id demum est homini turpe, quod meruit pati. PniED. — " That 

only is really disgraceful to a man, which he has deserved 

to sufter." 
Id ego jam nunc fibi renuncio tibi ut sis sciens. Tee. — " I 

now w^am you of it, that you may be on your guard." 
Id est. — "That is." Commonly expressed by the initials 

t. e. 
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wliat is becoming, not what tlie law allows, is true merit." 
There are many moral offences, which it is impossible to 
bring within the strict letter of the law, but which it is 
our duty to avoid equally with those which are criminal. 
-Id genus omne. Hor.—" All that class." An expres- 



sion which contemptuously alludes to the scum of the 
populace. 

Id maxime quemque decet, quod est cujusque suum tnaxime. 
Cic— " That thing best becomes us, which belongs to our 
station." See Ne sutor^ &c. 

Id mutdvit quia me immutdtum videt. Tee. — " Because he 
sees me unchanged he has changed." 

Id nobis maxime nocet^ quod non ad rationis lumen sed ad si- 
militadinem aliOrum vmmm. Sen.— "This is especially 
detrimental to us, that we live, not according to the light 
of reason, but after the fashion set by others." We " fol- 
low the multitude to do evil." 

Id vero est, quod ego mihi puto palmdrium, 
Me reperisse, quo modo adolescentiilus 

■ Meretr'icum ingenia et mores posset noscere : 
Mature ut cum cognorit, perpetuo odhnt. Teb. 
— " That is a thing that I really consider my crowning 
merit, to have found out the way by which a young man 
may be enabled to learn the dispositions and manners of 
courtesans, so that by knowing them betimes he may de- 
test them for ever after." 

Idem quod. — " The same as." Commonly expressed by 

the initials, i. q. 

Idem velle et idem nolle ea demum firma amicitia est. Sall. 
— " To have the same tastes and the same dislikes — this 
in fact is the basis of lasting friendship." 

Idoneus quidem med sententid, prasertim quum et ipse eum 
audlvf^rit, ut scribat de mortuo ; ex quo nulla suspicio est, 
amiciticB causa, eum esse mentltum. Cic. — " In my opinion 
he is qualified to write (of the deceased), especially as he 
had been accustomed to hear him speak ; for which reason 
there can be no ground for suspicion, that he has, for 
motives of friendship, stated what is false." 

Igndvis semper ferice sunt. Frov. — " With fools it is always 
holiday." Idle persons can always find an excuse for 
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Ignavissmus quisque, et, ut res docuit, in perlcvio non ausiiru^, 
nimio verbis et lingua ferocc. Tacit. — " Every cowardly 
fellow, who, as experience tells us, will skulk in the hour 
of danger, is noisy and blustering with his words and lan- 
guage." The best pictures of a blustering coward are the 
two captains, Tliraso, in the Eunuchus of Terence, and 
Pyrgopolinices, in the Miles Gloriosus of Plautus, both of 
whom are first-rate vapourers. 

Igndvum fuccs pecus a prcesfpibus arcent. YiEG. — " [The bees] 
drive from their hives the drones, a lazy race." 

Igne quid utilius ? si quis tamen urere tecta 
Co^npdrat, auddces in^truit igne manus. Ovid. 
— " What is there more useful than fire ? and yet, if any 
one prepares to burn a house, it is with fire that he sums 
his rash hands." Every blessing may be abused. 

Ignem ne gladio fodUo. Frov. — " Stir not the fire with a 
sword." Do not irritate an angry person, — or, as we say, 
" add fuel to flame." 

Igni^ fdtuus. — "A deceiving light." The WiU o' the wisp, 
or Jack-a-lantern. These words are sometimes used 
figuratively to denote a false light, tending to lead men 
astray. 

Ignis sacer. Pliny tie Elder. — "St. Anthony's fire," or 
Erisypelas. Columella calls by the same name an incur- 
able and contagious disease among sheep. 

Ignordmus. — " AVe are ignorant." A term employed when 
a grand jury ignores an indictment. The word is jokingly 
applied to an ignorant man, a dolt. 

Iqnorantia facti excusat. Law Max. — " Ignorance of the 
fact excuses." A contract being falsely read or explained 
to an ignorant man, and executed by him under the false 
impression produced thereby, is void. 

Ignorantia juris quod quisque tenHur scire neminem excusat. 
Law Max. — " Ignorance of a law which every man is bound 
to know is no excuse." 

Ignorantia non excusat legem. Law Max. — " Ignorance is no 
plea against the law." To the same effect as the last. 

Ignoratidne rerum bondrum et maldrum, maxime hdmtnwn 
vita vexdtur. Cic. — " Through ignorance of what is good 
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Ignorent popiili, si non in morte prohdris, 

An scires adversa pati. Ltjcak. 

— " The people would be ignorant, if you did not prove by 
your death that you were capable of supporting adversity." 
W ords addressed to Pompey, whom the poet represents 
as a hero, while he makes Julius Csesar little better than 
a demon. 
Ignoscas aliis muUa, nil tibi. AusoN.— " Pardon others tor 

many an offence, yourself for none." 
Ignoscent si quid peccdvero stultus amici, 

Inque vicem illorum patiar delicta lihenter. HoR. 
— " If I, in my foolishness, commit any offence, let my 
friends pardon it ; I, in my turn, will willingly bear with 
their failings." 
Ignosclto scepe alteri, nunquam tihi. SxE.— " Pardon others 

often, yourself never." 
Ignoti nulla cup'ido. Frov.—" There can be no desire for that 
which is unknown." Our wants are very much increased 
by knowledge and example. 
Igndtis errdre locis, ignota videre 

Flumina gaudehat, studio minuente laborem. Oyid. 

" He loved to wander over unknown spots, and to see 

unknown rivers, his curiosity lessening the fatigue." 

Ignotum argenti pondus et auri. Vikg. — " An untold 

weight of silver and gold." 
Ignotum per ignotius. Frov.—" A thing not understood by a 
thing still less understood." An attempt at illustration 
which only adds to the previous obscurity. 
lis qui vendunt, emunt^ conducunt^ locant, justitia necessdria 
est. Cic— " Justice is necessary for those who sell, who 
buy, who hire, and who let on contract." 
Ilidcos intra muros peccdtur et extra. Hon. — " Sin is com- 
mitted as well within the walls of Troy as without." 
Both sides are to blame. 
Ilia dolet vere quw sine teste dolet. Maet.— " She grieves 

sincerely who grieves when alone." 
Ilia est agric6l(S messis intqua suo. Ovid. — " That is a har- 
vest which ill repays its husbandman." 
Ilia Jidem dictis addere sola potest. Otid.— " It is that 



[the intention] alone that is able to give weight to what 

we say." 
Ilia laus est, magno in genere et in divitiis maxlmis, 
Liberos homtnetn educdre, generi monumentum et sihi. 

Platjt. 

— " 'Tis some merit for a man of noble family and of ample 
wealth to bring up children, memorials of his race and 
himself." 
Ilia placet tellus in qud res parva hedtum 

Mefacit, et tenues lu/xmriantur opes. Maet. 
— "That spot has its especial delights, in which small 
means render me happy, and moderate wealth insures 
abundance." 
Hid victoria viam ad pacem patefecit. — " By that victory he 

opened a way to peace." 
IllcBso lumine solem. — " [To look] at the sun with sight unin- 
jured." Eagles are said to be able to do so. This is the 
motto of the Earl of Eosslyn. 
Illanij quicquid agit, quoquo vestigia flectit, 

Componlt furtim, subsequiturque decor. Tibitll. 
— " In whatever she does, wherever she turns, grace steals 
into her movements, and attends her steps." So Milton: 
" Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, 
In every gesture dignity and love." Far. Lost, viii. 
Ille crucem sceleris pretium tulit, hie diadema. JuT. — " This 
man found the cross the reward of his crime ; that one, a 
diadem." History shows us how some men have gained a 
throne by the same steps which led others to the gallows. 

Ille etiam ccbcos instdre tumultus 

Scepe monet, fraudesque et operta tumescere hella. Yirg. 
— " He often warns too that secret revolt is impending, 
and that treachery and pent-up warfare are ready to burst 
forth." The duty of a skilful statesman. 
Ille fait vitce Mario modus, omnia passo 

QucB pej or fortuna potest, atque omnibus uso 

Quae melior. LtjcaK. 

— " Such was the course of Marius' life, who suffered 
all that ill fortune could inflict, and enjoyed all that 
good fortune could bestow." Marius experienced, per- 
haps, more vicissitudes than any man we read of in history. 
See Plutarch's Life of him. 

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llle igitur nunquam direxit hrdchia contra 
Torrentem ; nee civis erat qui libera posset 
Verha ammi proferre, et vitam impendPre vero. JuT. 

" He never exerted his arms to swim against the stream, 

nor was he a citizen who would freely deliver the senti- 
ments of his mind, and lay down hia life for the truth." 

llle potens sui 

Lcetusque degity cui licet in diem 

Dixisse, Vixi : eras vel atrd 

Nuhe polu/m pater occupdto 

Vel sole puro ; non tamen irritum 

Quodcunque retro est ejfflciet. HoE. 

« The man is master of himself, and lives happy, who 

has it in his power to say, 'I have lived to-day ; to-morrow 
let the Omnipotent invest the heavens, either with black 
clouds, or with clear sunshine, still, he shall not efface 
what is past.' " 

llle sinistrorsum, hie dextrorsum, ahit : unus utrique 

Error, sed variis illUdit paribus. HoB. 

" One digresses to the right, the other to the left ; they 

are both equally in error, but are influenced by different 

delusions." -rr v ij i, 

llle tenet palmam ; palma petenda mihi est. — " He holds the 

palm ; the palm must be sought by me." 
llle terrdrum mihi prceter amnes 

Angulits ridet. HoR. 

— " That little spot of earth has charms for me before all 

others." The charms of home. 
llle vir, hand magna own re, sed plenus fdei. — " He is a man, 

not of ample means, but full of good faith." 
Illi inter sese magnd vi brdchia tollunt. Yirq.— " The work- 
men lift their arms in turns with mighty force." Said of 

the Cyclopes, working at the forges of Etna. This line, 

when scanned, is expressive of the sound of alternate 

strokes on the anvU : 

Illin I ter se \ se mag \ nd vi \ brachia \ tollunt — 

by the figure Onomatopcea. See a similar instance in Quad- 

nipedante putrem, &c. 
Illi mors gravis incubat, 

Qui, notus nimis ommbus, 

Ignotus morUur sibi. Sex, 



— « Death falls heavily upon him, who, too well known to 
all others, dies unknown to himself." 
Illi robur et ces triplex 

Circa pectin erat, quifragXlem truci 

Commisit peldgo ratem 

I^rimus. xtOB. 

— " That man must have had oak and three-fold bronze 

around his breast, who first intrusted a frail bark to the 

raging seas." ^ 

llliberdle est mentiri ; ingenuum Veritas decet.^ It is a low 

thing to lie ; truth alone bespeaks the man of high bu'th. 
Illic apposito narrdbis multa Lyceo. Ovid.—" There, with 

the wine on the table, you will tell many a story. 
Illic et cantant quicquid didicere thedtris ; 

JEt jactant faciles ad sua verba manus. OviD. 

"There too they sing whatever snatches they have 

picked up at the theatres, and move their pliant arms in 
tune to their words." 
Illotis pedibus ingredi. Prov.—" To enter with unwashed 
feet." In reference to the custom of the ancients ot 
washing the feet before entering a sacred place, or sitting 
down at meals. Sometimes applied to those who talk ir- 
reverently of sacred subjects. ^ 
Illuc est sapere, qui ubicunque opus sit, animum possis Jiectere. 

Tee. " It is true wisdom to be enabled to govern the 

feelings w^henever there is a necessity for it." 
Illud amiciticB sanctum ac venerdhile nomen 

Nunc tibi pro vili sub pedthusque jacet ? Ovtd. 

« la the sacred and venerable name of friendship now 

held cheap by you, and trodden under foot ?" 
Illud maxime rarum genus est eorum, qui aut excellenti ingenii 
magnitUdine, aut prcecldrd eruditime atque doctrlnd, aut 
utrdque re orndti, spatium deliberandi habuerunt, quern po- 
tissmum vitce cursum sequi vellent. Cic— " The number 
is especiaUy small of those, who, either by extraordinary 
genius, or by remarkable erudition and knowledge, or 
by being endowed with either, have enjoyed the oppor- 
tunity of deciding what mode of life, in especial, they 
would wish to embrace." 
Imberbis juvenis tandem custode remote 

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Ceretts in mtitunJlecH, monitorihus asper, 
Utilium tardus provisory prodigus csris^ 
SubUmis, cupldusqtte, et amdta relinquere pernix. Hob. 
— "The beardless youth, his tutor at length dismissed, 
devotes himself to horses and hounds, and the sward of 
the sunny Campus Martins; pliable as wax in receiving 
bad impressions, impatient of admonition, slow to see 
what is really for his good, profuse of money, high-spirited 
and full of eagerness, and prone to abandon the objects of 
his recent affection." 

Immensum gloria calcar hahet, Ovid. — " Glory affords 



an unbounded stimulus." 
ImmOy duos dabo, inquit ille adolescens^ una suparum est, 
Et si duarum poenitebit, inquit, addentur dues. Plaut. 

— " * Aye, I will give you two,' says this young man, ' if 
one is too little ; and if you are not satisfied with two,' 
says he, 'two more shall be added.'" 
ImmorUur studiis, et arnore senescit habendi. Hoe. — " He is 
dying from his very efforts, and in his eagerness to acquire 
wealth is becoming an old man." 
Immortdle odium, et nunquam sandbile vulnus. Juv. — " An 

undying hatred, and a wound that can never be healed." 
Immortdlia ne speres monet annus, et almum 

Quce rapit hora diem • HoR. 

— "That we are not to expect permanence in things, 
the year, and the hour that is hurrying past this delightful 
day, admonish us." 
Imperdre sibi maximum imperium est. Sen. — " To command 

one's self, is to exercise the greatest command." 
Imp^rat aut servit coUecta pecdnia cuique. HoR. — " Money 
amassed either serves or rules us." It becomes either 
a slave or a tyrant, according to the way in which it is 
employed. 
Imperia dura tolle, quid virtus erit ? — " Eemove all harsh re- 
straints, what will become of virtue ? " 
Imperium facile iis art^bus retinHur, quibus initio partum est. 
Sall. — " Empire is most easily retained by those arts by 
which it was originally acquired." 
ImpPrium Jlagitio acquisltum nemo unquam bonis arttbus ex- 
ercuit. Tacit. — " No one ever employed sovereign power 
acquired by guilty measures, to promote good ends." 



Imp^inum in impMo.-" One government existmg within 
Tnother." Said of a power assumed or set up in opposi- 
tion to constituted authority. .„t _" You 
Impetrdre oportet, quia mquwm postulas. I'laot^ lou 

ought to have your own way, as you only ask what w fan'. 
iZLdhUe, phrumque hesc. muU^es Frov.-" Women 

when iniured are generally implacable. 
iZutus venter non mlt studere libenter.-" A belly well 

ked is not readily inclined to study." A medieval line 
I^otentia e^onsat legem. Law Mas.-' 1^'^^^^'}'^^^^ 

the operation of the law." Natural infirmities disquabfy 

a m^n from the performance of certain duties of a cituen ; 

as in the case of lunatics, the blind, the dumb &c. 
4XLr.-"Let it be printed." . The ^.ord gene^f ly 

^ed by the licenser of the press, in countries where the 

press is under the control of the government. 
. Improhe 

Crescunt divitiee, tamen _ 

Ourtee nescio quid semper ahest ret. Hob. 

_" Iniquitoul wealth increases, yet something or other 

is ever wanting to our still incomplete fortune. 
Imvr^ amor, quid non mortdlm pectora cogu? V IRO.— 

"Oh, cruel love ! to what dost thou not impel the human 

Imvr6he Neptunwm aceusat, qui naufragium iterum facit. 

Xe _''He who twice suffers shipwreck unfairly throws 
the 'blame on Neptune." Let experience teach you to 
avoid a danger which you have once escaped 

Improhi hBminis est mendacw falhre. ClC— It is tne act 
of a bad man to deceive by falsehood. ^ 

ImprSJm aliena virtus semper formidohsa est. OA".— "y 
wicked men the virtue of others is always dreaded. Thev 
Tre afraid that comparisons will be made to their disad- 

Im^f^ semper ad deteriora inmtat.^ CoKE.-« Impunity 

always invites to still worse cranes. 
/» acto.— " In the very act." t„,„ Un^ — 

In <equdli jure mUior est condUtojosstdentis. JTJ^^-^ . 

" Where the rights are equal the condition of him who is 

in possession is the best." Equivalent to " Possession is 

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In aerepiscdri; in mare vendri. Prov. — " To fish in the air • 
to hunt in the sea." Said of persons attempting things 
for which by nature or circumstances they are utterly un- 
fitted. 

In amore Time omnia imunt vitia ; injdrice, 
Suspiciones, inimiciticB, inductee j 

JBellum, pax rursus. Tee. 

— " In love there are all these evils ; wrongs, suspicions, 
enmitie^s, reconcilements, war, and then peace again." 
In Anglid non est interregnum. Law Max.—'' In England 

there never is an interregnum." See Hex nunquam, &c. 
In annido Dei Jiguram ne gestdto. Prov,—'' Wear not the 
image of the Deity in a ring." Do not use the name of 
God on frivolous occasions. 
In aqua scrihis. Prov.—'' You are writing on water." Yow 

are wasting your labour. 
In arena cedlpcas. Proi;.— "You are building on sand." 

You are raising a fabric which cannot stand. 
In hedto omnia hedta. Hoe.— '« With him who is fortunate 

everything is fortunate." 
In caducum parietem inclindre, Prov.^'' To lean against a 
tailing wall." To rely upon a false or a feeble friend. 

In calamitbso risus etiam injuria est. Ste. " Even to 

smile at the unfortunate is to do an injury." 
IncdpUe.—'' In chief." In the middle ages, those who held 
lands immediately of the king, and not of a mesne tenant 
were called tenants in capite. ' 

In capite orphani discit chirurgus.—'' The surgeon practises 

on the orphan's head." A proverb of Arabian origin. 
In causa facUi, cuivis licet esse diserto. Ovid. — " In an easy 
cause any man may be eloquent." 

In coelo nunquam spectdtam impune comPtam. ClArD. " A 

cornet^ is never beheld in the sky without disastrous re- 
sults." The appearance of a comet was supposed to be 
indicative of some calamity to mankind. 
In coelo quies.—'' In heaven there is rest." A motto very 

commonly used on hatchments. 
In coslum jaculdris. Prov.—'' You are aiming your dart 
against the heavens." Your anger cannot injure him 
against whom it is directed. 
In commendam.—" Aa commended," or "intrusted." A 



commendam implies a licence to hold a living jointly with 
some benefice of higher rank. 

In contingenfibus et llheris tota ratio facti stat in voluntdte 
facientis. Law Max. — " In contingencies and on occa- 
sions where we are free to act, the reason of our doing 
depends on the will of the doer." 

In corpore. — " In a body." 

In curia. Law Term. — " In court." 

In duhiis henigniora semper sunt prceferenda. Law Max. — 
" In cases of doubt the side of mercy should always be 
preferred." 

In eddem re ufiUtas et turpitudo esse non potest. Cic. 
— " In the same thing turpitude and advantage cannot 
coexist." 

In ehurnd vagina plumheus gladius. — " A leaden sword in an 
ivory sheath." Said by Diogenes of a shallow, showy 
fop. 

In equilibrio. — " In equilibrium." 

In esse. Law Term. — " In actual being." That which exists. 

In exornando se, multum temporis insumunt mulieres. Tee. — 
" Females spend too much time in bedecking themselves." 

In extenso. — " In full," or "at large." Without abridgment. 
Used in reference to written documents. 

In flagranti delicto. — " In glaring delinquency." In the 
very commission of the act. 

Inflammam flammas, in mare fundis aquas. Ovid. — " You 
heap flames upon flames, and pour water into the sea." 

In flammam ne manum injicUo. Prov. — " Thrust not your 
hand into the fire." 

In for thus scribat, occupdtum se esse. Platjt. — " Let him 
write upon the door that he is busy." 

In forma pauperis. Law Term. — " In the form of a poor 
man." Where any person has just cause of suit, but is 
so poor that he is not worth five pounds when all his 
debts are paid, the court, on oath made to that effect, 
and a certificate from counsel that he has good ground 
of action, will admit him to sue in forma pauperis, with- 
out paying any fees to counsel, attorney, or the court. 

In foro comcientice. Law Term. — " At the tribunal of con- 
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In fugd fceda mors est, in victoria gloriosa. CiC. — " Death 
i3 snameful in fligbt, glorious in victory.'* 

In furias ignemque ruunt ; amor omnibus idem. YiEG.— 
" They rush into fire and fury, love is the same in all." 

Infuturo. — " In future." At a future time. 

In hoc signo vinces. — " By this sign shalt thou conquer." 
This motto was adopted hy the emperor Constantine, after 
his assertion that he had beheld a cross in the heavens, 
the fancied precursor of victory. It is the motto of the 
Earl of Arran, and other persons of rank. 

In hord scepe ducentos, 

Ut magnum^ versus dictdhat, stans pede in uno. HoE. 
— " He would often, as a great feat, dictate two hundred 
lines in an hour, standing in the same position." A de- 
scription of the fluency of Lucilius, a witty but inelegant 
poet. 

In hunc scopulum caddverosi senes ut plurlmum impingunt. — 
" Old men on the verge of the grave are mostly wrecked 
upon this rock " — that of avarice. 

In illo viro, tantum robur corporis et animi fuit, ut quocunque 
loco natus essei,fortunam sibi factilrus viderHur. LiVT. — 
" In that man there was such great strength of body and 
mind, that in whatever station he had been born it seemed 
as though he was sure of making his fortune." Charac- 
ter of the elder Cato, as quoted by Lord Bacon. 

In judlcando crlminosa est celerUas. Ste. — "In giving 
judgment haste is criminal." 

In I'lmine. — " At the threshold." Preliminary. 

In loco. — " In the place ; " meaning, " in the proper place/' 
" upon the spot." It may also mean, " instead of." 

In loco parentis. — " In the place of a parent." 

In lucro quce datur hora mihi e.st. Ovid. — " The hour 

which is granted me, is so much gained." 

In magnis et voluisse sat est. Prop. — * In great undertak- 
ings to have even attempted is enough." 

In mala uxore atque inimlco si quid sumas sumptus est ; 
In bono hospUe atque am'tco, qucestus est^ quod sumUur. 

Plaut. 
— " If you lay anything out on a bad wife or an enemy, 
that is an expense ; but what is laid out on a deserving 
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In malis sperdre honum, nisi innocens^ nemo potest. — " In ad- 
versity no one but the innocent can hope for happiness.** 

In manus. — A mediaeval expression, meaning, " Into your 
hands I commend myself," commendo me being understood. 

In mari aquam qv^cBrit. Prov. — " He is looking for water in 
the sea." 

In mea vesdnas Jidbui dispendia vires, 

Et valui poenasfortis in ipse meas, Ovid. 
— " To my own undoing I had the strength of a mad- 
man ; and for my own punishment did I stoutly exert it." 

In medias res. Hoe. — " Into the very midst of a thing." 
Applicable to a person who without prelude plunges into 
the very midst of the matter in hand. 

In medio tutissmus ibis. Ovid. — " You will go most safely 
in the middle." A middle course is the safest. 

In melle sunt sited Ungues vestrce atque ordtiones, 

Cordafelle sunt lita atque aceto. Platjt. 

— " Tour tongues and your talk savour of honey ; your 

hearts are steeped in gall and vinegar." 

In memoriam. — " In memory of." 

In mercatUrd faciendd multce falldcicB et quasi preesfigice exer- 
centur. — " In commerce many deceptions, and, so to say, 
juggleries, are currently practised." 

In monendo sapmus omnes, verum ubi 
Peccdmus ipsi, non videmus propria. 

— " We are all wise in giving advice, but when we our- 
selves commit faults, we see them not." 

In nocte consilium. Prov. — " In the night is counsel.** Act 
not precipitately, but take time for reflection, or, as we 
say, " sleep on it." 

In nomine Domini inclpit omne malum. — " In the Lord's 
name every evil begins." A mediaeval proverb, implying 
that the most sacred pretences are often made an excuse 
for the infliction of the greatest injuries. 

In novafert animus mutdtas dlcereformas 

Corpora. Ovid. 

— " My design leads me to speak of forms changed into 
new bodies." 

In nublbus. — " In the clouds.'* 

In nu^e. — " In a nutshell.'* 

In nullum avdrus bonus est, in se pessimus. Ste. — " The 



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avaricious man is good to no one, but most hurtful to 
himself.'* 

In nullum reipuhl1c(S usum, amhitiosd loqueld incldruit. 
Tacit. — " He distiuguished himself by ambitious oratory, 
of no advantage to the state." A good description of 
the career of a demagogue. 

In omnia par atus. — " Prepared for everjrfching.'* 

In ommhus fere minori cetdti succurr^tur. Law Max. — " In 
nearly all respects a person under age is protected by the 
law." A minor can be sued only for money due for ne- 
cessaries ; for the law encourages no one to supply him 
with luxuries. 

In omnibus quidem^ maxime tamen in jure, cequitas est. Law 
Max. — " In all things, but in law especially, equity is an 
ingredient." Equity tempers the asperity of the written 
law, and makes it pliable according to the requirements 
of the case. 

In pace.--''^ In peace." The in pace was a monastic punish- 
ment in the middle ages. The offender was incarcerated 
or immured, the parting words addressed to him or her 
being Vade in pace, " Go in peace," which see. 

In pace lebnes, in prcelio cervi. Prov. — " Lions in peace, 
deer in war." The character of braggarts. 

In parMus. — " In the parts (beyond sea)," transmarinis 
being understood. In the Eoman Catholic Church, titu- 
lar bishops are said to be bishops in partihus. 

In perpetuam rei memoriam. — " In everlasting remembrance 
of the event." A motto on a memorial of any great event. 

In pertusum ingerimus dicta dolium. Plaut. — " We are 
casting our words into a leaky cask." We are throwing 
away our advice. 

Inpiosusus. — " For pious uses." 

7«^/mo.— "Infull." 

In pontijicdlibus. — "In pontificals," or priestly robes. 

In portu navignre. Prov. — "To sail into harbour." To 
overcome difficulties with final safety. See Inveni por- 
turn, &c. 

In posse. Law Term. — " In possible being." A child un- 
born is in posse. 

In prece totus eram. Ottd. — " I was whoUy wrapt in 

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-In principdtu commutando swpius 



Nil prcster domtni nomen mutant pauperes. Ph^d. 

— " In a change of government, the poor mostly change 

nothing beyond the name of their master." 

In propria persona. — " In proper person." Personal ap- 
pearance, used in contradistinction to appearance by a 
representative. 

In proverhium cessit, sapientiam vino ohumbrdri. Plint the 
Elder. — " It has passed into a proverb, that wisdom is over- 
shadowed by wine." 

Inpuris naturdltbus. — " In a state of nature." Stark naked. 
An expression used in a jocular sense. 

In quadrum redigere. — " To make a matter square." To re- 
duce to order. 

In re. Law Term. — " In the matter of." 

In re mala ammo si bono utdre, adjiivat. Platjt. — " In ad- 
versity, if you employ fortitude, it is of service." 

In rebus dubiis plurmi est auddcia. Stb. — " In matters 
of doubt, boldness is of the greatest value." 

In rebus prosperis superbiam onagnopere, fastidium, arrogan- 
tiamque fugidmus. Cic. — "In prosperity, let us espe- 
cially avoid pride, disdain, and arrogance." 

In referenda gratia, debemus imitdri agros fertiles qui plus 
multo afferunt quam acceperunt. Cic. — " In making a re- 
turn for kindness, we ought to imitate fertile lands, which 
give back much more than they have received." 

In saltu uno duos apros capere. Prov. — " In one cover to 
take two boars." Similar to our proverb, " To kill two 
birds with one stone." 

In se magna ruunt. LrcAi^^. — " Great interests clash 

with each other." Their very extent is apt to bring them 
into collision. 

In secundis rebus nihil in quemquam superbe ac violenter con- 
sulere decet. LiVT. — " lu prosperity it becomes us to act 
towards no one with pride and violence." 

In seipso totus, teres, atque rotundus. HoR. — " A man 

perfect in himself, polished, and round as a globe." A 
description of a man wholly occupied in mastering the in- 
equalities of his own passions. 

In servitute expetunt multa inlqua ; 



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— " In servitude many hardships befall us ; in pain this 
burden must be borne and endured.'* 

In situ. — " In its site," or "position." 

In solo Deo salm. — " Salvation in God alone." Motto of 
the Earl of Harewood. 

In solo Vivendi causa paldto est. Jut. — " The pleasures of 
the palate are their only reason for living." 

In studio rei amplijicandce apparehatj non avaritics prcedam, 
sed instrumentum honitdti quceri. Cic. — " In his anxiety 
to increase his fortune, it was evident that it was not the 
gratification of avarice that was sought, but the means 
of doing good." A compliment paid by Cicero to the 
virtues of Eabirius Postumus. 

In summd inanitdte versdri. — " To be engaged in the very 
height of frivolity ; " or, in a vain and silly pursuit. 

In sylvam lignaferre. Frov. — " To carry wood to the forest." 
As we say, " To carry coals to Newcastle." 

In te, Domine, sperdvi. — " In thee, O Lord, have I put my 
trust." The first line of a Psalm, and the motto of the 
Earl of Strathmore. 

In te omnis domus inclindta recumhit. Yirg. — " In 

thee are centred all the hopes of thy house." The words 
of Amata to her son Turnus, when about to engage in 
combat with ^neas. 

In tenui labor at tenuis non gloria. ViRG. — " It is labour 

bestowed on a trifling subject, but not trifling is the 
glory." Said by Virgil in reference to the Fourth Book 
of his Georgics, which treats of the production and habits 
of bees. 

In terrdrem.—^' In terror." By way of warning. Any 
power of enforcing the execution of a bond, or of inflict- 
ing punishment, or of revealing a secret, may be held in 
terror em against another. The rod and fool's cap are ex- 
hibited in terroretn. 

In toto. — " In the whole.'* Entirely. 

In toto et pars continetur. — " In the whole the part is con- 
tained." 

In transitu. — "On the passage.** Goods are in transitu 
when on their passage from the owner to the consignee, 
80 designated to free them from duties or excise in their 
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In tuo regno es. — "Tou are in your own kingdom.'* You 

are omnipotent here, or you would not have insulted me 

thus. 
In turhas et discordias pessmo cuique plurima vis ; paa; et quies 

bonis arfibus indigent. Tacit. — "In times of turbulence and 

discord, whoever is the most abandoned has the greatest 

power; peace and good order stand in need of repose." 
In unoquoque virorum bonorum habttat Deits, Sen. — " God 

dwells within every good man." 
In utero. — " In the womb." 
In utramvis dormlre aurem. Prov. — " To sleep on either 

ear." As we sleep most soundly when lying on the side, 

this proverb applies to a man who has made his fortune, 

and may take his ease. 
In vacuo. — " In a vacuum." 
In verbo. — " In a word." 
In vino Veritas. Prov. — "In wine there is truth." Ee- 

serve is laid aside when a person is under the influence of 

wine. See Quod in, &c. 
In vitium ducit culpce fuga. Hoe. — " In flying from 

one vice, we are led into another." 
In vitium libertas excWit, et vim 

Dignam lege regi. HoE. 

— "Freedom degenerated into excess and violence that 

required to be regulated by law." 

In vultu signa dolentis erant. Ovid. — " On her features 



there were signs of grief." 

Indnem inter magnates versandi gloriam pertinacissime sectdri. 
— " Inveterately to hanker after the glory of associating 
with the great." 

Indnis torrens verbdrum. Quint. — " An empty torrent of 
words." 

Incedtmu^ per ignes 

Suppositos cmeri doloso. HoE. 

— " We are walking over fires that lie concealed beneath 
deceitful ashes." Our prospect of success appears en- 
couraging, but we may encounter unforeseen disasters. 

Incendit omnem femince zelus domum. JBrov. — " A jealous 
woman sets a whole house in a flame." 

Incenditque animum famce venientis amore. YiEO. — " And 
fires his soul with the love of coming fame.** 



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Incerfa Tksc si tu postiiles 

JRatidne certa facer e^ nihilo plus agas^ 
Quam si des opPram ut cum ratione insdnias. Teb. 
— " If you expect to render these uncertain things cer- 
tain by dint of reason, you will no more efiect it than if 
you were to endeavour to be mad with reason." 

Incerti sunt exUus belli. Cic. — " The results of war are un- 
certain." 

Incertum est quo te loco mors expectet ; itaque in omni loco 
illam expecta. Sen. — " It is uncertain in what place death 
awaits you ; await it therefore in every place." "Live this 
day as if the last." 

Incessu patuit Dea. Yikg. — " She stood revealed a 

goddess in her gait." 

IncWit in Scyllam cupiens vitdre Charyhdim. Philip Gual- 
TiER DE Lille, a poet of the \U}i century. — " He falls 
into Scylla in endeavouring to escape Charybdis." These 
were two whirlpools on the coast of Sicily, of which Scylla 
was the most dangerous. They caused the destruction of 
a part of the fleet of Ulysses. It is sometimes quoted 
" Qui vult vitare, &c." See Quo tendis, &c. 

Indpere multo est, quam impetrdre^facilius. Plaut. — " It is 
much more easy to begin a thing than to complete it." 

Incitamentum amorismimca. — " Music is an incitement to love." 

Inclusio unius est exclusio alterius. Law Max. — " The inclu- 
sion of the one implies the exclusion of the other." 

Incoctum generoso pectus honesto. Pees. — " A breast 

imbued with generous honour." 

Incudi reddere. Hoe. — "To return to the anvil." To re- 
consider a work, or return our performances to the anvil, 
to repair or repolish them. 

Incultis asperisque regionihus diiliitis nives hcerent^ ast domitd 
tellure dilahintur ; similiter in pectortbus ira consldit ; feras 
quidem mentes obsldet, erudltas prceldbltur. Peteon. Ae- 
BiTEE. — "In rugged and uncultivated regions the snow 
lies longer upon the ground, but on cultivated soil it soon 
disappears ; in a similar manner anger affects our breasts ; 
in those which are uncultivated it remains, but in those 
which are cultivated it quickly subsides." 

Incurvat genu senectus. Prov. — " Old age bends the knee." 

Inde dates leges ne fortior omnia posset. Law Max. — " Laws 



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were given that the strongest might not have it all his 
own way." 

Inde ircB. — " Hence this resentment." 

Index expur gator ius. — An " Index expurgatory," or " purify- 
ing index." A list of books denounced by the pope as im- 
proper to be read by members of the Romish Church. Since 
it was originally compiled this Index has been frequently 
modified according to circumstances. 

Indictum sit. — " Let it be unsaid." Said by way of apolog^\ 

Indigna digna habenda sunt quas hcsres facit. PLArT. — " Un- 
worthy acts must be looked upon as worthy if done by 
your master." See Itaservum, &c. 

Indigne vivit per quern non vivit alter. — " He by whom no 
one else lives, does not deserve to live." 

Indignor quidquam reprehendi, non quia crasse 

Compositum, illepldumve putetur, sed quia nuper. HoE. 
— " I am annoyed that a thing should be found fault with, 
not because it is a heavy composition, or inelegant, but 
because it is modern." 

Indignum est in ed civitdte, quae leglbus continetur, discedi a 
legibus. — " In a state which is governed by laws, there 
ought to be no departure from them." 

Indocilis privdta loqui. — Lucan. — " Incapable of dl- 

vultring; secrets." 

Indocti discant, et ament memlnisse perJti. — " Let the ignorant 
learn, and the learned take pleasure in remembering." A 
line by Henault, often attributed to Horace. 

Industrice nil impossWde. — "To industry there is nothing 
impossible." A Latinized saying of Periander of Corinth, 
one of the seven wise men of Greece. 

Indiltus virtate ab alto. — "Endued with virtue from on 
high." 

Inerat Vitellio simpUcitas ac liberdlttas, quae, nisi adsit modu^, 
in exUium vertuntur. Tacit. — " There was in Vitellius a 
frankness and liberality, which, unless tempered with 
moderation, must lead to ruin." Virtues in excess, unless 
guided by prudence, are frequently productive of ultimate 
evil. See Insani sapiens, &c. 

Inest et formicce sua bilis. Prov. — " Even the ant can feel 
The humblest of beings in the animated world is 



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influenced by passion, though it often lacks the means of 

showing it. See Hahet et, &c. 
Inest sua gratia jparvis, — " Trifles have their own peculiar 

charms." 
Infandum, regtna, Jules renovdre dolorem. Vieg. — " You 

command me, queen, to renew an unspeakable grief." 

Said by ^neas, with reference to the destruction of Troy, 

his native city, when requested by Dido to relate the 

history of its downfall. 
Infantem nudum cum te natfira credvit, 

JPaupertdtis onus patienter ferre memento. Cato. 

— "As nature created you a naked infant, remember to 

bear with patience the burden of poverty." 
Infilix Dido, nulli bene juncta mar'ito ; 

Hoc pereunte fugis, hoc fugiente peris. AusoN. 

—"Hapless Dido, wedded under no good auspices to 

either husband ; the one dying thou didst fly, the other 

flying thou didst die." Sichaeus is here alluded to as her 

first husband, -^neas as the second. 
Infinita est veldcltas temporis, quce magis appdret respicientlhus. 

Sen.—" The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more 

evident when we look back on the past." 
Infra dignitatem. — " Below his dignity." In cant parlance 

called Infra dig. 
Infra tuam peWcuIam te contine. Prov. — " Content yourself 

with your own skin." Live as becomes your circumstances. 

Said to the ass who was found wearing a lion's skin, and 

got cudgelled to death. 
Ingeminant curw, rursusque resurgens 

Scevit amor, magnoque irdrum Jluctuat cestu. ViRG. 

— " Her cares redouble, and love, again arising, rages in 

her breast, and swells with a vast tide of passion." 
Ingenio fades conciliante placet. OviD. — " When the dis- 
position charms, the features are pleasing." 
Ingenio stat sine morte decus. Pbopert. — " The honours 

of genius are immortal." See Exegi monumentum, &c., 

and Jamque opus, &c. 
Ingenidrum cos cemuldtio. Prov. — " Emulation is the whet- 
stone of genius." 
Ingt^nium cui sit, cui mens divinior, atque os 

Magna scmdturitm, des nommis huju^ honorem, Hoii. 



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179 



— ^" To him who possesses genius, a soul of diviner cast, 
and greatness of expression, to him give the honour of the 
name of poet." 
-Ingenium ingens 



Inculto latet hoc sub corpSre. — HoE. 
— " A great intellect lies concealed beneath that uncouth 
exterior." 

— Ingenium mala scepe movent, — Otid. — "Misfortunes 
often sharpen the genius." 
■Ingenium res 



AdverscB nuddre solent, celdre secundce. Hoe. 
— " Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to con- 
ceal it." 

Ingens telum necessttas. Sen. — "Necessity is a powerful 
weapon." 

Ingentem foribus domus alta superbis 

Mane salutantum totis vomit cedibus undam. YiEG. 
— " The lofty palace, with its gorgeous portals, pours forth 
from every part whole torrents of courtiers, who have been 
paying their morning homage." 

Ingentes dnimos angusto in corpore versant. Yieg. — "In 
diminutive bodies they display mighty souls." Said by 
Yirgil of the bees, but applicable to men, like Alexander 
the Great, and Buonaparte, small in person, but great in 
spirit. 

Ingentes dominos, et clarce nom^na famce, 
Illustrique graves nobilitdte domos 
Devita, et longe cautus fuge ; contrdhe vela, 

Et te littoribus cymba propinqua vehat. Sen. 
— " Shun mighty lords, and names illustrious in fame, and 
houses ennobled by exalted rank, and, ever on your guard, 
fly from them afar ; take in your sails, and let your bark 
hug the shore as it bears you along." 

Ingenuas dididsse fidtliter artes 

Emollit mores, nee sinit esseferos. Ovid. 

— "To have thoroughly learned the liberal arts refines 

the manners, and permits them not to be unpolished." 

Ingrdto homine terra pejus nil creat. — " The earth produces 
nothing worse than an ungrateful man." 

Ingrdtwm est benejidu/m quod diu inter manus dantis hcesit ; 
at bis gratum est, quod ultro affertur, — " The favour that 

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has been long delayed in the hands of the giver loses it» 
value ; but that is doubly grateful, which is oflfered volun- 
tarily." See Bis dat, &c., and Inopi beneJiciuTn, &c. 

Ingrdtum si dirf^ris, omnia dicis. I*rov. — " If you say he is 
ungrateful, you say everything." The ungrateful man is 
capable of any criminality. 

Ingrdtus est qui remotis testlhtis agit gratiam. Sen. — " He 
is an ungrateful man who acknowledges his obligation 
when all witnesses are removed." A truly grateful man 
does not content himself with secret thanks for benefits 
conferred. 

Ingrdtus unus miseris omnibus nocet. Ste. — " One ungrateful 
man does an injury to all who are in distress." Many 
wretched but deserving persons go unrelieved, in conse- 
quence of the ingratitude of others. 

Ingrediturque solo, et caput inter nulnla condit. YiRG. — " She 
roves over the earth, while her head is hid among the 
clouds." A description of scandal. 

Inimlci famam non ita ut nata est ferunt. Platjt. — " Enemies 
carry about reports not in the form in which they have 
originated." 

Inimicus et inv^dus vicinorum oculus. Prov. — "An enemy 
and an envious man is an eye over his neighbours." 

Iniqua nunquam regna perpetua manent. Sen. — " Kule un- 
justly gained is never of long duration." 

Iniquissimam pacem justlsslmo hello antPfero. Cic. — "I pre- 
fer the most unjust peace Xo the most just war." 

Inlquum est altquem rei sui esse jiidlcem. Coke. — " It is 
unfair that any one should be judge in his own cause." 

Imtia magistrdtuum nostrOrum meliOra etjlrmajlnis incllnat. 
Tac. — " The commencement of our official duties is cha- 
racterized by greater vigour and alacrity, but towards the 
end they flag." Too often the case in new undertakings. 

Injuria injuriam cohihtre licet. — " We may escape an injury 
by the infliction of another." According to the law of 
nations, not of Christianity. 

Injuria spretcB exolescunt, si irascdris agmtce videntur. Prov. 
— " Injuries unnoticed lose their effect ; if you are angry, 
they are seen to be acknowledged." You thereby afford a 
triumph to him who gave the affront. 

Injuriam qui factHrus est jam facit. Sen. — " He who is 



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. about to commit an injury, has committed it already." 
" Whoso hateth his brother, is a murderer : and ye know 
that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him." 1 John 
iii. 15. See also Matt. v. 28. 

Injuriarum remMium est ohlivio. Prov. — " Oblivion is the 
best remedy for injuries." 

Injusta ah justis impetrdri non decet ; 

Justa autem ah injustis, pPtPre, insipientia ^st. Platjt. 
— " From the reasonable to ask what is unreasonable is 
not right ; from the unreasonable to ask what is reasonable 
is sheer folly." 

Innntat undafreto dulcis, Pviorque marina est, 

Quce proprium mixto de sale pondus hahet. Ovid. 
— " Fresh water swims on the surface of the deep, and is 
lighter than that of the sea, which derives its peculiar 
weight from the admixture of salt." 

Innuendo. — "By making signs," or, "By nodding at." A 
covert hint or intimation is so called. 

Inopem me copia fecit. Ovid.— " Plenty has made me 

poor." Narcissus says this, on finding that self-love has 
deprived him of a valuable treasure, the love of others. 
It may be applied to a w^riter, or speaker, whose expres- 
sion is embarrassed by the copiousness of his thoughts. 

Innpi henfjficium his dat, qui dat celerlter. Syr. — " He con- 
fers a two-fold benefit on the needy man who confers it 
speedily." See Bis dat, &c., and Ingratxim est, &c. 

Inops, potent em dum vult imitdri, perit. Pii MB. — " The needy 
man, while aff'ecting to imitate the powerful, comes to 
ruin." Witness the Fable of the Frog and the Ox. 

Inqwnat egrPgios adjuncta superhia mores. Claud. — "If 
pride accompanies, it is a blemish to the best of manners." 

Insdni sapiens nomen ferat, cequus inlqui, * 

Ultra quod satis est virtfdem si petat ipsam. HoR. 
— " Let the wise man bear the name of fool, the just of 
unjust, if he pursues even virtue herself beyond the pro- 
per bounds." See Inerat Vitellio, &c. 

Insanientis dum sapienti(S 

Consultus erro. HoR. 

— See Parens Deorum, &c. 

Insanlre parat certd ratione modoque. HoR. — " He is pre- 
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reason and method." There is "method in his madness.*' 

Insanire putas solennia me, neque rides. Hob. — " You think 
me mad like everyone else, and you do not laugh." 

Insdnus medio flumine quceris aquam. — " You madly search 
for water, in the middle of a stream." Said of one who 
searches for what is wrong where there is nothing good to 
he found. 

Insdnus amnis furere credit cceteros. Syr. — " Every mad- 
man believes that all others are mad." 

InsequUur cumulo prceruptiLS aquce mons. ViKG. — "A 

steep mountain of waters follows with its towering height." 

Insipientis est d'lcere, Non putdrem. Cic. — " It is the part of 
a fool to say, * I should not have thought so.' " 

Insita hornimhtcs natura violentice resistere. Tacit. — " It is 
by nature implanted in man to resist oppression." 

Inspernta accidunt magis scepe quam quce speres. Platjt. 

— "Things not hoped for happen more frequently than 
things which you do hope for." 

Inspicere, tanquam in speculum, in vitas omnium 
Jubeo, atque ex dliis sumere exemplum sibi. Tee. 
— " I advise you to look into the lives of men, as though 
into a mirror, and from others to take an example for 
yourself." 

Integer vitcB scelerisque purus 

Non eget Mauri jdculis neque arcu. Hob. 
— " The man whose life is unblemished, and unstained by 
crime, needs not the javelins nor bow of the Moor." Such 
a man may be wounded in body, but will remain unscathed 
in soul. 

Integra mens aiigustisslma possessio. JProv. — "A mind un- 
blemished is the noblest possession." 

Intentio inservlre debet legibus, non leges intentioni. Coke. — 
" The intention ought to obey the laws, not the laws the 
intention." The laws ought not to be wrested from their 
original meaning, to suit the purposes of any one. 

Inter alia. — "Among other things." 

Inter amicos omnium rerum commiimtas. Cic. — " Among 
friends all property is common." 

Inter arma leges silent. Cic. — " In the midst of arms the 
laws are silent." Martial law then takes the place of 
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Inter cwtcta leges, et percontdbere doctos, 

Qf'd ratione queas tradHcere leniter cevum. HoE. 
— " Under every circumstance you must read and consult 
the learned how you may be enabled to pass your life 
in quiet." 
Inter delicias semper aTiquid scevi nos strangulat. Frov. — 
" Amid our enjoyments there is always some vexation to 
torment us." See Medio defonte, &c. 
Inter finittmos vetus atque anttqua simultas, 
Immortdle odium et nunquam sandbile vulnus 

Ardet adhuc 

Inde furor vulgo, quod niimina vicinorum 
Odit uterque locu^, cum solos credit habendos 

JEsse deos, quos ipse colit. Jttv. 

— " An ancient and inveterate enmity between neigh- 
bours, an everlasting hatred, and an ever-rankling wound, 
still galls them both. Hence has sprung universal rancour, 
because each community hates the worship of its neigh- 
bour, as it believes that those gods only which itself holds 
sacred ought to be esteemed as such." 
Inter indoctos etiam cori/dus sonat. Frov. — " To the unskilled 
the voice of the sparrow is music." A dunce even may 
impose on the illiterate. The corydus was a lark with an 
inferior note, found in the neighbourhood of Athens. 
Inter malleum et incildem. Frov. — " Between the hammer 
and the anvil." Said of a person between the horns of a 
dilemma. 
Inter wos.—" Between ourselves." "Not to let it go any 

further." 
Inter pueros senex. Frov. — " An old man among boys." 
Said of a person who by his gravity of manners affects to 
be wiser than he really is. 
Inter quadrupedes gloria prima lepus. Mabt. — " Of quad- 
rupeds the chief glory is the hare." The Eoman gour- 
mands seemed to esteem this animal higher than we do ; 
for w^e find Horace saying, Fcecundi lepbris sapiens sectabitur 
armos.—'' A man of taste will look out for the shoulders of 
a pregnant hare." 
Inter spem curamque, timores inter et iras, 
Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum : 
Grata superveniet quce non sperdbitur hora, HOE. 



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INT. 



— " In the midst of hope and care, in the midst of fears 
and disquietudes, think every day that dawns upon you to 
be your last ; the hour which shall not be expected will 
come upon you as a grateful boon." 

Inter strepit anser olures. ViRO. — " A goose he gabbles 

among the swans." 

Inter sylvas AcadPmi qucerpre verum. HoR. — " Amid the 

woods of Academus to seek for truth." A spot near Athens 
where Plato lectured, and the philosophers met for discus- 
sion. 

Inter utrvmque tene, Ovid. — " Keep a mid course be- 
tween the two extremes." See In medio, &c. 

Inter vivos. — " Between " or "among the living." 

Interdictum est ne bonus cum malPfico usum ulllus ret conso- 
cietur. Ph^d. — " It is forbidden a good man to hold any 
intercourse with an evil-doer." 

Interdum, Idcrymce ponder a vocis habent. OviD. — "Sometimes 
tears have the weight of words." 

Interdum stultus bene loquitur. Prov.—" Sometimes a fool 
speaks to the purpose." We may learn something of even 
a fool. 

Interdum vitia prosunt homlmbus, 

Sed tempore ipso tamen appdret Veritas. PniED. — " Vices 
are sometimes profitable to men, but still, in time, the 
truth transpires." 

Literdum vulgus rectum videt, est ubi peccat. Hor. — " Some- 
times the populace sees things aright ; at other times it 
errs." 

IntPrea dulces pendent circum oscula nati ; 
Casta pud icitiam servat domus. ViRG. 

"Meantime his sweet children hang about his lips, and 
his chaste abode is the dwelling of virtue." See At jam, 
<fcc., and the corresponding lines in Qraxfs Elegy, Stanza vi! 

Interea gustus elementa per omnia qucerunt, 

Nunquam dnimo pretiis obstantibus ; interim si 
Atlendas, magis illajuvani, quce pluris emuntur. Juv. 
— "Meantime they search for delicacies throughout all 
the elements, with minds regardless of expense ; watch 
them narrowly, and you will see that those things please 
most which cost the highest price." 

Interhii multutn Davusne loqudtur an heros. Hor. — " It is 



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185 



of considerable consequence whether (the servant) Davus 
is speaking, or a hero." The poet here warns dramatic 
writers to make their characters speak in language ap- 
propriate to their station in life. 

Interest reipublicce ut quisque re sua bene utntur. — " It is of 
importance to the state that every one should make a good 
use of his property." 

Interpbne tuis interdum gaudia curis. — " Season your cares 
with joys sometimes." 

Intolerdbilius nihil est quamfoemina dives. Juv. — " Nothing 
is more unbearable than a woman with a full purse." 

Intonuere poli et crebris micat ignibus cether. Virg.— " The 
heavens thunder and the sky Hashes with vivid lightnings." 

Intra 

Fortunam debet quisque mxinere suam. Ovid. 

— " Every one is bound to live within his means." See 

Crede mihi, &c. 

Intus et in cute novi. Pers. — " I know thee inside and 

out." See Ad populum, &c. 

Intus et in je core cegro 

Nascuntur dommi. Pers. 

— "In our own breasts, and from a morbid liver, our 
masters spring up." Our passions, if they are not our 
servants, will become our masters. 

IntUta qucB indecora. Tacit.—" Those things which are un- 
becoming are unsafe." 

Invendtbili merci oportet ultro emptbrem ahducere, 

Froba merx facile emptorem reperit, tametsi in abstruso sit. 

Plaut. 

— "To unsaleable wares it is necessary to try to entice 
the buyer ; good wares easily meet with a purchaser, al- 
though they may be hid in a corner." 

Inveni portum, Spes et FortHna valete ; 
Sat me lusisfis, ludUe nunc alios. 
" I've reach' d the harbour, Hope and Chance, adieu ! 
You've play'd with me, now play with others too." 
Lines at the end of Le Sage's Gil Bias. Translated from 
the Antkologia Grwca. See Jam portum, &c. Burton 
ascribes this version, with some variations, to Prudentius. 

Invenies vestri prceconia nommi^ illic ; 

Invenies dnimi pignora multa mei. Ovid. 



186 



iisry. 



— " There wilt thou find the commendations of thy name ; 
there wilt thou find full many a pledge of my esteem." 
Inventas aut qui vitam excoluere per artes, 

Quique sui memores alios fecere merendo. Vmo. 
— "Men who have improved life by their discoveries in 
art, and who have insured remembrance by their good de- 
serts." 

Invidid Siculi non invenere iyranni 

Tormentum majiLs. Juv. 

— " Sicilian tyrants invented nothing that is a greater tor- 
ment than envy." He alludes to the brazen bull of 
Perillua, made for the Sicilian tyrant Phalaris, in which 
his victims were roasted to death. This, as well as the 
cave of Dionysius of Syracuse, were productive of slight 
tortures compared with those produced by envy. 

Invidiam ferre autfortis aut felix potest. Syb. — " The brave 
or the fortunate are able to endure envy." 

Invidiam placdre paras, virtute relictd ? Hob. — " Do you 
think of appeasing envy by forsaking virtue ? " 

Invidus alterius macrescit rebus op'imis. Hoe. — " The en- 
vious man grows lean on seeing the prosperity of another." 
A description of the cankering eftects of envy. 

Invidus, iracundus, iners, vindsus, amdtor, 
Nemo adeo ferns est, ut non mitescere possit. 
Si modo cultured patientem commodet aurem. Hob. 
— -" The envious, the choleric, the indolent, the slave to 
wine, to women — none is so savage that he cannot be 
tamed, if he will only lend a patient ear to discipline." 

Inv'isa nunquam imperia retinentur diu. Sen. — " A sway that 
has incurred hatred is never held long." 

Invlsa potentia, atque miseranda vita ebrum, qui se metui quam 
amdri rnalunt. Corn. Nep.— " The power is detested, and 
the existence wretched, of those who would rather be 
feared than loved." 

Invlso semel principe seu hene, seu male, gesta premunt. Tactt. 
— "A ruler once detested, his deeds, whether good or 
bad, lead to his downfall." Somewhat similar to our 
proverb — " Give a dog a bad name and hang him." 

Inv'tta Minerva. Cic. and Hob. — " Minerva being unwilling." 
Minerva being the goddess of wisdom, it was supposed 
that she was the bestower of that invaluable attribute. 



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187 



If a work appeared to be destitute of wisdom, or genius, 

it was said to have been composed invitd Minerva, 

" against the will of Minerva." 
Invltat culpam qui peccdtum prceterit. Stb. — " He who passes 

a crime unpunished, encourages sin." 
Invitum qui servat idem facit occidenti. Hob. — " He who 

saves a man's life against his will does just the same as if 

he murdered him." His benevolence is as little estimated 

as if he were his most bitter enemy. 
Involvere diem nimbi et nox humida caelum 

Abstidit. ViEG. 

— " Clouds enwrapped the day, and humid night withdrew 

the heavens from our view." 
Ipsa hceret scopulis, et quantum vertice ad auras 

jEtherias, tantum radice in Tartara tendit. YiBO. 

— " [The tree] itself cleaves fast to the rocks, and as high as 

it shoots upwards into the sethereal regions, so deep does 

it descend with its roots to Tartarus below." 
IpscB rursum concedUe sylvcd. Vieg. — "And you, ye 

woods, once more farewell!" 
Ipse dies agitatfestos ; fususque per herbam, 

Ignis ubi in medio, et socii cratera coronant, 

Te lihans, Lencee, vocat. Yieg. 

— " The swain himself keeps holiday ; and stretched on the 

grass, where there is a fire in the middle, and where his 

companions crown the bowl, he invokes thee, Lenaeus, 

as he makes tue libation." 
Ipse dixit. — " He himself said it." He said it on his ipse 

dixit. A mere saying or assertion without proof. 
Ipse Jupiter, neque pluens omnibus placet, nequ^e absttnens, 

Prov. — " Not even Jupiter himself can please all, whether 

he sends rain or whether he leaves ofi*." 
Ipse pavet ; nee qua commissas Jlectat habenas, 

Nee scit qu^L sit iter ; nee si sciat imperet illis. OviD. 

— " He becomes alarmed, nor knows which way to turn 

the reins intrusted to him, nor does he know the way ; 

nor if he did know, could he control the steeds." Persons 

who undertake what they cannot accomplish are in the 

predicament of Phaeton, when he attempted to guide the 

horses of the Sun. 



188 



IPS— IS. 



Ipse semet canit. Prov. — "He sings about himself." In 
our phrase, " He is his own trumpeter." 

Jpsi lcet7tid voces ad s'ldPra jactant 

Intonsi monies ; ipscs jam carrmna rvpes, 

Ipsa sonant arhusta. ViRG. 

— "The unshorn mountains themselves send forth their 
voices to the stars ; even the rocks utter their song, the 
very shrubs resound." 

Ipsisslma verba. — " The very identical vrords." 

Ipso facto.--'' In fact itself." " Absolutely," or " actually." 

Ipso jure. — "By the law itself." 

Ira furor hrevis est, — Hob. — " Anger is a short mad- 
ness." 
■Ira qucB tPgltur nocet ; 



Professa perdunt odia vindictce locum. Sen. 

— " Resentment which is concealed is baneful ; hatred 

avowed loses the opportunity of revenge." The object of 

the resentment is put upon his guard. 
Iracundiam qui vincit, hostem superat maximum. Syr. — " He 

who overcomes his anger, subdues his greatest enemy." 
Irdrum tantos volvis sub pectore fluctus ? ViBQ. — " Do you 

harbour such torrents of anger in your breast?" 
Iras et verba locant. — Mart. — " They let out for hire 

their anger and their words." A satirical view of the 

duties of a pleader. 
Irdtus cum ad se reditu sibi turn irascttur. Syr. — " An angry 

man, when he returns to himself, is angry with himsell'." 

He is overwhelmed with self-reproach. 
Ire tamen restate Numa quo devPnit et Ancus. HoR. — " It 

still remains for you to go where Ancus and Numa have 

gone before." 
IrrPpit in kommum mentes dissimulatio. Cic. — " Dissimula- 
tion creeps apace into the minds of men." 
Irrlgat ros herbam virentem^ et calor Solaris tPppfacit. — " The 

dew waters the growing grass, and the sun's heat warms 

it." 
Irritdbis erabrones. Plaitt. — " Tou will irritate the hornets." 

Or, as we say, You will bring a hornet's nest about your 

ears. 
Is cadet ante senem qui sapit ante diem, Prov. — " He dies 



IS— 1ST. 



189 



before he is old, who is wise before his day." See Cito 
Tnaturum, &c. 
Is est honos hommi pud'ico, meminisse officium suum. Plaut. 
— " To be mindful of his duty is true honour to an up- 
right man." 
Is hdbUus animorum fuit,ut pessunum f acinus auderent pauci, 
plures vellent, omnes paterentur. Tacit. — " Such was the 
state of feeling, that a few dared to perpetrate the worst of 
crimes, more wished to do so, all sutfered it." 
Is maxime divUiis utUur, qui 7mmme divUiis indlget. Sen. 
— " He uses riches to the best purpose, who stands the 
least in need of riches." 
Is mihi demum vivere etfrui anima videtur^ qui aliquo negotlo 
intent us, prcecldri facinoris ant artis bonce fmnam qucerit. 
Sall. — " That man in fine appears to me to live and to 
enjoy life, who, being engaged in any business, seeks the 
reputation attendant upon some illustrious deed, or upon 
the discovery of some useful art." 
Is mihi videtur amplissimus qui sua virtUte in altiorem locum 
pervenit. Cic. — " He is, in my opinion, the greatest man, 
who has by his own virtues raised himself to a higher 
station." 
Is mmimo eget mortdlis, qui minimum cupit. Syr. — "He 
of aU mortals is the least in want, who desires the least." 
Is ordo vUio careto, cceteris specmen esto. — " Let this order 
be free from vice, and an ensample to the others." This 
injunction was contained in the Twelve Tables at Eome, 
and was addressed to the Senatorial or Patrician order. 
The highest in rank should be most careful to set a good 
example. 
Is sapiens qui se ad casus accommodet omnes ; 
Siultus in adversis ire natdtor aquis. 

— " He is the wise man who can accommodate himself t-^ 
all contingencies ; the fool struggles, like a swimmer, to go 
against the stream." This is not the motto of the Justus 
et tenax propositi vir, but it is the one usually adopted by 
the man who " wants to get on in the world." 

Istam 

Oro, {si quis adJiuc precWus locus) exue mentem. ViRG. 
— " I beseech you (if my entreaties can stiU have any 
efiect) lay aside that intention." 



190 



IST—ITA. 



Ista decens fades longis vitidhitur annis ; 

Mugaque in ant'iqud fronte senilis erit. Ovid. 

— " That beauteous face will be spoiled by length of years, 

and the wTinkle of age will b^ on thy antiquated brow." 
Isihuc est sapere, non quod ante pedes modo est 

Videre, sed etiam ilia qucefutura sunt 

iProspicere. Ter. 

— "That is wisdom indeed, not to look at the present 

moment, but to look forward to what is to come." 
Ita compardtam esse hominum naturam omnium, 

Aliena ut melius vldeant et dijudtcent, 

Quam sua ! Ter. 

— " That the nature of men should be so constituted, that 

they can see and judge of other men's afiairs better than 

their own!". 

Ita dis est placltum, voluptdtem ut moeror comes consequdtur. 

Plaut. — "It has so pleased the gods that Sorrow should 

attend as companion on Pleasure." 
Ita Jimt ma sunt falsa veris,ut in prcecipitem locum non deheat 

se sapiens committere. Cic. — " Falsehood borders so closely 

upon truth, that a wise man should not trust himself too 

near the precipice." A rebuke against quibbling. 
Ita lex scripta est.— ''To such eftect is the law written." 

The words of a man who argues tersely, and by the letter. 
Ita me IHi ament ! uhi sim nescio. Ter. — " May the gods 

so love me, I know not where I am." I am bewildered, 

quite beside myself. 

Ita noUlissima OrcBcicB cMtas, quondam vero etiam doctissma 
sui civis unius acutissmi monumentum ignordsset, nisi ah 
homme Arpindte dldicisset. Cic— " So the most noble 
city of Greece, once too the most distinguished for learn- 
ing, would have remained in ignorance of the monument 
of her most talented citizen, had it not learned from a man 
of Arpinum" (now Abruzzo). Cicero speaks of the city 
of Syracuse ; he himself having found there the tomb of 
Archimedes, covered with weeds, and abandoned to oblivion. 

Ita oportuit intrdre in gloriam suam. — " Thus ought he to 
enter upon his career of glory." 

Ita servumpar mdeturfnigi se instituere ; 

Proinde heri ut sint, ipse item sit, vultum e vultu compdret ; 
Tristis sit, si heri sint tristes; hildris sit si gaudeant. 

Plaut. 



ITA— JAC. 



191 



— " Thus does it seem becoming for a trusty servant to 
conduct himself; just as his superiors are should he be 
too; by their countenances he should fashion his own 
countenance ; if his superiors are grave, let him be 
grave; if they rejoice, let him be merry." See Indigna 
digna, &c. 
— Ita vertere seria ludo. HoR. — "Thus to turn serious 



Ter. 



matters into jest." 
Ita vita est hominum, quasi, cum ludas tesseris ; 

Si illud quod maxime opus est jactu noncadit, 

Illud quod ce,c1.dit forte id arte ut corrigas. 

— " The life of man is just like playing with dice ; if that 

which you most want to throw does not turn up, that 

which turns up by chance you must correct by skill." 
Ita voluerunt, ita factum est. — " So they willed it, and so it 

has been done." 
Iter factum corruptius imhre. HoR. — " The way being 

rendered more disagreeable by the rain." 
Iter pigrorum quasi sepes spindrum. From Froverbs xv. 19. 

— " The way of the slothlul is as a hedge of thorns." 
Itcrum, ille earn rem judicdtam judtcat 

Majdreque mulctd mulctat. Plaut. 

— " He is trying a matter again that has been tried 

already, and is mulcting us again with a still heavier fine." 
Ixion quod versdri narrdtur rota 

VolabUem fortunam jactdri docet. Ph^d. 

— "The story of Ixion whirling round upon the wheel, 

teaches us how changeful a thing is fortune." 



J. 



-Jacet ecce Tihullus, 



Vix manet e toto parva quod urna capit. Ovtd. 

— " See, here TibuUus lies ; of one so great there hardly 

remains enough to fill a little urn." 

Jacta est alea. — "The die is cast." The deed is done, and 
there is now no room for deliberation. 

Jactitdtio. Law Term. — " A boasting." Jactitation of mar- 
riage is a false boasting of a person that he, or she, is 
married to another, such not being the case. On a libel 



t 



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192 



JAM. 



brought against the party guilty of jactitation, the ec- 
clesiastical courts will impose silence on him or her. 
•Jam desuetudme Tonga 



Vix suheunt ipsi verba Latlna mihi. Ovid. 
— " i'rom long disuse scarcely do Latin modes of expres- 
sion recur to me." The complaint of Ovid, when in exile 
at Tomi in Pontus. 
-Jam istcec insipientia est^ 



Sic viam in promptu gPrere. — Plaut. 

— " Why, this is sheer folly, thus to keep your wrath 

always bottled up in readiness." 

Jam nunc minaci murmiire cornuum 

Ferstringis aures ; jam lUui strepunt. Hob. 

— " Even now you stun our ears with the threatening 

murmur of horns ; now the clarions sound." 

Jam pauca ardtro jilgPra regies 

Moles relinquent. HoE. 

— " Princely palaces will soon leave but few acres to the 
plough." The allusion is to the vast tracts of land en- 
closed by the rich for purposes of ornament, and no longer 
available for the public benetit. 

Jam portum inveni, Spes et Fort una valete ! 
mi mihi vohiscum est, ludUe nunc alios. 
— " I have now gained the harbour, Hope and Fortune, 
adieu ! 1 have nothing to do with you, now go play with 
others." A translation by Sir Thomas More ot an Epi- 
gram in the Greek Anthology. See Inveni jportvm^ &c. 

Jam protervd 

Fronte petit Lalnge mar'itum. HoR. 

— "Already, with unblushing face, does Lalage seek a 

husband." 

Jam redit et Virgo, redeunt Sdturnia regna. Virg. — " Now 
the Virgin returns, now the Saturnian age returns." The 
supposed reign of Astraea, the goddess of justice, in the 
Golden Age. 

Jam scBvus apertam 

In rabiem coepit verti jocus, et per honestas 

Ire minax impUne domos. HoR. 

— " At length the bitter raillery began to be turned into 
open rage, and menaces with impunity to stalk through 
reputable houses." 



JAM— JUG. 



193 



Jam satis — olie. Atjson. — " Hold — enough ' " 

Jam summa procul villdrum culmina frnnant. YiEO. — 

" Now the high tops of the villages afar send forth their 
smoke." 

Jamque opus exegi, quod nee Joins ira, nee ignis, 

Nee poterit ferrum, nee edax abolere vetu^tas. Ovid. 
— " I have now completed a work which neither the anger of 
Jove, nor fire, nor the sword, nor consuming time, will be 
able to destroy." A prediction of the poet, which, thus 
far, has been verified, and deservedly so. 

Jamque quiescebant voces hominumque canumque ; 

Lunaque nocturnos alta regebat equos. Ovid. 

— " And now the voices of men and the baying of dogs 
were lulled, and the moon on high was guiding the steeds 
of night." 

Jdnua lethi 

Sedpatet immdni, et vasto respectat hiatu. Ltjcret. 
— " But the gate of death yawns with its wide and vast 
entrance." " Broad is the way that leadeth to destruc- 
tion." Matt. vii. 13. 

Jdnuis clausis. — " With closed doors ;" that is, " in se- 
crecy." 

Jasper fert mgrrhamy thus Melchior, Balthazar aurum, 
HcBC quicv/m seciwi portet tria nomina regum, 
Solvttur a morbo, Domini pietdte, cadHco. 
— " Jasper brings myrrh, Melchior frankincense, and Bfd- 
thazar gold. Whoever carries with him the names of these 
three kings will be exempt, by the goodness of God, from 
the falling sickness." A mediaeval charm. These were 
said to be the names of the kings of the Magi, who were 
led by the star to the cradle of our Saviour in Bethlehem. 
They are usually called the Three Kings of Cologne. 

JejUnus raro stomdchus vulgdria temnit. HoR. — " A hungry 
stomach rarely despises plain food." 

Jovis omnia plena. Virg. — "All things are full of Jove." 

The hand of Providence is visible everywhere. 

Jubeo totas aper ire fenestras. Ovid. — " I bid you open 

all the windows." 

Jubildte Deo.—'' O be joyful in the Lord." The beginning 
of the Himdreth Psalm. 

Jucunda et idonea dicere vita. HoE. — " To relate what 



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JUC— JUD. 



is agreeable and suited to our conduct in life." The use- 
ful as well as the amusing. See Omne tulit, &c. 

Jucunda est memoria prateritorum malorum. Cic. — " The 
recollection of past evils is pleasant.'* 

Jucunda rervm vicissitudo. — " A delightful change of circum- 
stances." 

Jucundi acti lahores. Cic. — " The remembrance of difficulties 
overcome is delightfid." 

Jucundvjn et carum sterilis facit uxor amicum. Juv. — " A 
barren wife makes a dear and interesting friend." To 
those, namely, who are looking for her husband's money 
after his decease. 

Jummdum nihil est, nisi quod reficit varietas. Ste. — " No- 
thing is pleasant that is not enlivened with variety." 

Judex damndtur cum nocens absolvUur. Stb. — " The judge 
is condemned when the guUty is acquitted." That is, when 
the sentence is supposed to be dictated by corrupt motives, 
or to betray iacapacity. 

Judex non potest esse testis in propria causd. CoKE. — "A 
judge cannot be a witness in his own cause." 

Judex non solum quid possit, sed etiam quid deceat ponderdre 
debet. Cic. — " A judge ought to weigh well not only 
what he may do, but also what he ought to do." 

Judicandum est le^Uus, non exemplis. Law Max. — "We 
must judge according to law, not by precedent." 

Judice te mercede caret , per seque petenda est 
Extemis virtus incomitdta bonis. Ovid. 

— " In thy judgment, virtue needs no reward, and is to be 
sought for her own sake, unaccompanied by external be- 
nefits." 

Jud7cesqui ex lege judicdtis, legibus obtemperdre debetis. CiC. 

— " You judges who judge according to the law, ought to 

be obedient to the law." 
Judicia Dei sunt ita recondita ut quis ilia scrutdH nulldtenus 

possit. Cic. — " The decrees of God are so impenetrable, 

that no oae can possibly scrutinize them." The ways of 

Heaven are unsearchable. See Job v. 9 ; Rom. ii. 33. 
Juddcio acri perpendere. Luceet. — " To weigh with keen 

discernment." 
Judicis est innocentice subvenire. Cio. — " It is the duty of 

the judge to succour innocence." 



JUD— JUE. 195 

Judicis officium estj ut res, ita tempora rervm 

Qucerere, Ovid. 

— " It is the duty of a judge, to consider not only the 
facts, but the circumstances of the case." 
Judicium Dei.—'' The judgment of God." The name by 
which the ordeal by fire or water was called in the midclle 
ages, because it was supposed that God would by his in- 
tervention manifest the guilt or innocence of the party 
tried. 

Judicium pdrium aut leges terrce.—'' The judgment of our 
peers, or the laws of the land." By these only can an 
Englishman be condemned. Words from the Magna 
Charta, selected as his motto by that eminent judge, Lord 
Camden. The nobles are judged by the nobles, the com- 
mons by the commons, each by their peers. 

Judicium subtile videndis artibus. Hoe. — " An acute 

discernment in understanding the arts." 

Juguldre mortuos. Frov. — " To stab the dead." To be guilty 
not only of needless cruelty, but also of cowardice. 

Juncta juvant. — " United, they assist." Said of things 
trifling in themselves, but which, put together, acquire 
strength. 

Jungh-e dextras. Vieg. — " To join right hands." Or, as 
we say, "to shake hands." 

Jungere equos Titan velocibus imperat Horis. Ovid. — " Titan 
commands the swift-flying Hours to yoke the horses." 
The poet speaks of the Hours, which were personified 
under the names of Eunomia, Dice, Irene, Carpo, and 
Thallo, as harnessing the horses of the sun. 

Jupiter est quodcunque vides, quocunque moveris. Ltjcan,-— 
" AVTiere'er you turn your eyes, where'er you move, 'tis 
God you see." The doctrine of Pantheism. 

Jvpiter in multos temerdria fuVmina torqivet, 

Qui poenam culpa non meruere pati. Ovid. 

— " Jupiter hurls his lightnings at random against many 

who have not deserved punishment for any commensurate 

fault." 

Jup'iter tonuns.—'' The thunderer Jove." " The Jupiter to- 
nans of debate," i. e. a " great gun" in argument. 

Jura negat sibi nata, nihil non arrogat armis. Hob, — " He 
denies that laws were framed against him ; he arrogates 

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everything to himself by force of arms." The acts of a 
tyrant or usurper. 

Juratores sunt judtces facti. Law Max. — " The jurors are 
the judges of the facts." 

Jurdyi lingtid, mentem injurdtam gero. Cic. — " I have sworn 
with my tongue, but t have a mind unsworn." I feel no 
constraint to perform my oath. The words of a man from 
whom an oath has been extorted by unlawful means and 
under duress, or the mental reservation of a subtle 
casuist. 

Jure c?ivmo.—" By Divine law," meaning, "by the will of 
Heaven," irrespective of the will of the people. The 
sovereigns of the line of the Stuarts were the last monarchs 
of Great Britain who claimed to govern by this title. 

Jure humdno. — "By human law." By laws made and up- 
held by men. The present emperor of France professes to 
reign, jure humano, " by the will of the people." 

Jure reprcesentationis. Law Term. — " By right of represent- 
ation." As representing another party. 

Jurgia prcBcipue vino stimuldta caveto. OviD. — " Especially 
avoid quarrels excited by wine." 

Jus aliquod fdciunt affinia vincula nobis. Ovid. — " The 
links of connexion form a certain tie between us." 

Jus dvile.— ''The civil law," i. e. the Eoman law, which, to 
a certain extent, is still used in our ecclesiastical courts. 

Jus civile neque infiecti grdtid, neque perfringi potentid, neque 
adulterdri pecHnid debet. Cic— "The law of the land 
ought neither to be warped by favour, nor broken through 
by power, nor corrupted by money." 

Jus divlnum. — " Divine right." 

Jus gentium.— ''The law of nations." Laws formed on strict 
principles of universal justice, and acknowledged by all na- 
tions of the civilized world as the basis of their interna- 
tional relations. 

Ju^ postUmmii. — " The law of recovery." A Eoman law 
which restored certain rights and privileges to one who 
had lost them was thus called. 

Jus primogeniturce. — "The right of eldership." 

Jus proprietdtis. — "The right of property." 

Jus regium. — " Eoyal right." 

Jus sanguinis, quod in legitimis successionibus spectdtur, ipso 



nativitdtis tempore qtujesttum est. Law Max. — " The right 
of consanguinity, which is regarded in successions by law, 
is established at the very moment of our birth." 

Jus summum scepe summa malitia est. Tee. — " Extreme law 
is often extreme wrong." See Summum jus, &c. 

JiistcB causes Jacilis est defensio. Cic. — " It is easy to defend 
a just cause." 

Justissimus unu^ 

JEt servantissimv^ asqui. Vieg. 

— " Most just and most observant of what is right." The 
character of Eipheus. 

Justitia erga Deum rellgio dictttir; erga parentes pietas. — 
Cic. — "Fulfilment of our duty towards G-od is called reli- 
gion; towards our parents, piety." 

Justitia est obtemperdtio scriptis legibus. Cic. — " Justice is 
obedience to the written law." 

Justitia nihil expetit prcemii. Cic. — "Justice seeks no 
reward." 

Justitia non novit patrem nee matrem, solum veritdtem spectat. 
Law Max. — " Justice knows neither father nor mother ; 
it looks at truth alone." 

Justitid tanta vis est, ut ne illi quidem, qui m^leflcio et scelere 
pascuntur, possint sine ulld particuld justitia vlvere. CiC. 
— "There is so vast a power in justice, that those even 
who live by crime and wickedness, cannot live without 
some small portion of justice among them." Hence the 
proverb which says that " There is honour among thieves." 

Justitice partes sunt, non violdre hdmtnes, verecundice non 
ojffendere. Cic. — " It is the duty of justice to do injury 
to no man ; of propriety, to offend none." 

Justum bellumi quibus necessdrium, et pia arma quibus nulla 
nisi in armis relinquitur spes. LiVT. — "War is just to 
those to whom it is necessary ; and an appeal to arms is 
a sacred duty with those who have no hope left except 
in arms." 

Jv^tum et tendcem propositi virum, 
Non c'lvium ardor prava jubentium, 
Non vultu^ instantis tyranni 
Mente quatit soVidd. Hoe. 

— " Not the rage of the people pressing to hurtful mea- 
sures, not the aspect of the threatening tyrant, can shako 



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from his settled purpose the man who is just and deter- 
mined in his resolution." 

Juvenile vitium r eg ere non posse impetum. Sen. — " It is the 
failing of youth, not to be able to restrain its own impetu- 
osity." 

JuQcta fiuvium putewm fodit. JProv. — " He is digging a well 
close by a river." Said of a person adding to a supply 
which is already more than sufficient. 



Kyrie eleeison. — " Lord, have mercy upon us." Two Latin- 
ized Greek words in common use in the responses of the 
Bomish Church. 



L. 

LL. D. for " Legum Doctor,'* " Doctor of Laws." 

X. ^S'. lor " Locus sigilli" which see. 

ZabUur et lahetur in omne volubilis cevum. Hoe. — See Btts- 

ticus expectat, &c. 
Ldbttur occulte, fallitque volubilis cetas. Ovid. — " Age glides 

stealthily on, and beguiles us as it flies." 
Labor omnia vincit 

Improbus. Yieg. 

— " Incessant labour conquers everything." 
Laborum 

Dulce levdmen. Hoe. 



L^T-LAT. 



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— " The sweet soother of my cares." The words ad- 
dressed by the poet to his lyre, the solace of his leisure 
hours. 

Ldchrymceque decorw, 



»/ J. — 7 

Qrdtior et pulchro veniens in corpore virtus. Vieg. 
— " His graceful tears, and a merit that still more com- 
mends itself in a beauteous person." 
— LactUca inndtat acri 

iPost vinum stomdcho. HoB. 

— "Lettuce after wine floats on an acrid stomach." Words 
to be borne in mind by the bon vivant. 



Lotus in prmsens animus, quod ultra est 
Oderit curare, et amdra lento 
Temperet risu. Nihil est ah omni 
Parte bedtum. HoE. 

— " The mind that is cheerful at the present hour, will 
be indifferent about anything beyond it, and meet the 
bitters of life with a complacent smile. Nothing is 
blessed on every side." 

LdBtus sorte tu6, vives sapienter. — " If you are wise you will 
live contented with your lot." 

Ldpides loquitur, cdveant lectdres ne cerebruin iis exciitiat. — 
" He speaks stones ; let his readers take care that he does 
not knock their brains out." See Plautus, Aulul. II. i. 29. 

Lapis philosophorum. — " The philosopher's stone." A sup- 
posed mineral, sought by the alchemists of the middle ages, 
the property of which was to transmute the base metals 
into gold. 

Lapis qui volvitur algam non generat. Prov. — "A rolling stone 
finds no sea-weed." Or as we say, "A rolling stone 
gathers no moss." The figure, in the Latin, refers to the 
stone on the sea-shore, upon which, as it rolls to and fro, 
the sea-weed does not collect. 

Lapsus calami. — "A slip of the pen." 

Lapsus Ungues. — "A slip of the tongue." 

Lascivi soboles gregis. Hoe. — " The descendants of a wanton 



race 



Lateat scintillula forsan. — " Some small spark may lie per- 
chance concealed." These words (in reference to the vital 
spark) have been adopted as the motto of the Humane 
Society for the recovery of persons apparently drowned. 

Ldterem lavas. Prov. — "You are washing a brick." This 
was originally said of unburnt bricks, which the more 
they were scoured, the more muddy they became. " Tou 
are making bad worse." 

Latet anguis in herbd. Vieg. — " A snake lies hidden in 

the grass." Individuals, like armies, suflfer most from 
perils that lie in ambush. 

Ldtius regnes, dvidum domando 
Spiritum, quam si Libyam remdtis 
Oddlbus jungas, et Uterque Poenus ^ 

Serviat uni, Hon. 



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— " Tou may possess a more extensive dominion by con- 
trolling a craving disposition, than if you could unite 
Libya to the distant Gades, and the natives of either Car- 
thage v^ere subject to you alone." 
Latrant me, Idteo ac tdceo.—" They bark at me, but I lie 

hid, and hold my tongue.'* 
Latrante uno, latrat statim et alter canis. Prov. — " When 

one dog barks, another at once barks too." 
Latrantem curatne alia Diana canem ? jBtov. — " Does Diana 

on high care for the dog that bays her ?" 
Lauddri a laudato viro. Cic. — " To be praised by a man 

who deserves praise." 
Laudat vendles qui vult extrudere merces. Hoe. — "He 
praises the wares he has to sell who wishes to push them 
off upon others." 

Laudato ingentia rura^ 

Hxiguum colUo. Vieg. 

— " Commend large estates, but cultivate a small one." 
Tou will both avoid giving offence to others, and will in- 
sure your own happiness and peace of mind. 

Laudator temporis acti. Hoe. — "A praiser of times 

past." An old man, who, like Nestor in the Iliad, is 
always praising the men and maimers of former times. 
A weakness both amiable and natural. See u^tasparen- 
ium, &c. 

Lauddtur ah Ms, culpdtur ah illis. Hoe. — "He is 

praised by these, censured by those." 

LaudWm arguitur vini vinosus. HoE.— " The drunkard 

is convicted by his praises of wine." 

Laudis amore tumes ? sunt certa pidcula quce te 
Terpure lecto, poterunt recredre, lihello. HoE. 

— *' Do you swell with the love of praise ? There are [in 
philosophy] certain purgations which can restore you, a 
certain treatise being thrice perused with purity of mind." 

Laudo Deum verum, plehem voco, congrego clervm, 
Befunctos ploro, pestem fugo, festa decor o. 
—-" I praise the true God, I summon the people, I as- 
semble the clergy, I mourn the dead, I put to flight the 
plague, I celebrate festivals." Inscription on a church bell. 
See Funera, &c. 

Laudo, malum cum tmlci tuvm ducis malum. Plaut. — "I 



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201 



commend you for considering the affliction of your friend 
your own affliction." 

Lav/revm hdculum gesto. Frov. — " I carry a sprig of laurel." 
I am proof against all dangers. The laurel was thought 
by the ancients to be an antidote against poison, and to 
afford security against lightning. 

Lau^ Deo. — " Praise be to God." 

Lau^ in proprio ore sordescit. Frov. — " A man's own praise 
of himseu is unseemly." " Self-praise is no recommend- 
ation." 

Lehertde ccecior. Frov. — " Blinder than a serpent's slough." 
Which has holes only instead of eyes. 

Lege totum si vis scire totum. — " Read the whole if you wish 
to know the whole." It is not easy to judge of a book 
on one connected subject, by reading a bit here and there. 

Legem hrevem esse oportet quo facilius ah imperitis tenedtur. 
Sen. — " A law ought to be short that it may be the more 
easily understood by the imleamed." 

Leges a victorthus dicuntur, accipiuntur a victis. CuET. — 
" Conditions are made by the conquerors, accepted by the 
conquered." 

Leges ad civium salutem, civitdtumque incolumitdtem condUce 
sunt. Cio. — " Laws were made for the safety of citizens, 
and the security of states." 

Leges mori serviunt. Plaut. — "The laws are subser- 
vient to usage.',' 

Leges sunt inventee quce cum omnihus sernper wnd atque eddem 
voce loquerentur, Cic. — "Laws are so made that they 
may always speak with one and the same voice to all." 
Good laws are no respecters of persons. 

Legis constructio nonfacit injuriam. Law Max. — " The con- 
struction of the law does injury to no man." Por instance, 
it will not suppose a man to grant away that which right- 
fiilly belongs to another. 

Legltimd frauddtur litera voce ; 

Flcesaque Jit jusso lingua coacta sono. Ovid. 
— " The letters are deprived of their fuU sound, and the lisp- 
ing tongue is contracted with an affected pronunciation." 

Legum ministri magistrdtus, legum interpretes judlces ; legum 
demque idcirco omnes servi sumUrS, ut liberi esse possmus. 
Cio. — " The magistrates are the ministers of the law, the 



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LEN— LEP. 



judges the interpreters of the laws ; we all, in fine, are 
the servants of the law, that we may be free." 

Lenior et melior Jis, accedente senectd ? Hoe. — " Do you 
become milder and better, as old age approaches ?" 

Lemter ex merito quidquid patidre ferendwm est^ 

Qiks venit indigne poena dolenda venit. Ovid. 

— " Whatever you suffer deservedly should be borne with 
patience ; the penalty that comes upon us undeservedly 
comes as a ground for complaint.'* The poet thus con- 
soles himself, upon his banishment to Thrace without hav- 
ing deserved it. 

Lentiscwm mandere. Prov. — " To chew mastich.'* Said of 
people over-nice about their personal appearance. Gum 
mastich is a whitener of the teeth, and a preserver of the 
gums. 

Leonem larva terres, Prov. — "You are for frightening a 
lion with a mask." 

Leonina societas. Prov. — " A lion's society." A partnership 
where one individual engrosses the whole power and author- 
ity. See the Fable of the Lion in Partnership, in PIks- 
druSj b. i. f. 1. 

Leonlni versus. — " Leonine verses." These consist of Latin 
hexameters, or hexameters and pentameters, in rhyme. 
There are various kinds ; but the most common is that in 
which the caesura in the fifth syllable rhymes with the 
end of the line, thus : 

JEn rex Udvardus dehacchans ut leopardus. 
(" Lo ! king Edward, raging like a leopard.") 
Other metres are however used in the Leonine hymns of 
the Eoman Catholic Church. The name is said to have 
been derived from Leoninus, a monk of the twelfth cen- 
tury. He may very possibly have revived the use of these 
rhpnes ; but we find them composed as far back as the 
third century. 

Leonum ora a magistris impiine tractantur. Sen. — "The 
mouths of lions are handled with impunity by their 
keepers." That which is dangerous to one man may be 
done in safety by another. 

LepXdi mores turpem orndtum facXle factis comprohant. Plaut. 
— " Good morals have no difficulty in setting off a lowlj 
garb." 



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Leporis vitam vivit. Prov. — "He lives the life of a hare.'* 
He is always full of fears and anxiety. 

Zepos et festlvUas ordtionis. Cic. — " The pleasantry and 
playfulness of his conversation." 

• Leve Jit quod bene fertur onus. Ovtd. — " The load be- 
comes light which is borne with cheerfulness." 

Leves homines futuri sunt improvidi. Tacit. — " Light-mind- 
ed men are careless of the future." 

Levia perpessi sumus, si Jlenda pdtimur. Sen. — " We have 
had to suffer but trifles if our sufferings are merely such 
as we should weep for." Eeal misfortunes require some- 
thing more than tears as their remedy. 

Leviora sunt injuria, quw repentino aliquo motu accidunt, 
quam ea quae meditate prcepardta inferuntur. Cic. — " The 
injuries which befall us unexpectedly are less severe than 
those which we are deliberately anticipating." 

Levis est dolor qui capere consilium potest. Sen. — " That 
grief is but light which can take counsel." 

Leviv^ solet timer e qui propitis timet. Sen. — "A man's fears 
are diminished when the danger is near at hand." Dan- 
gers appears less formidable when looked in the face. 

Lex appetit perfectvm. Law Max, — " The law aims at per- 
fection." 

Lex citius tolerdre vult privatum damnum quam publicum 
malum. Cokje. — " The law wiU sooner tolerate a private 
loss than a public evil." 

Lex est, qua in Qrcecorum conviviis obtinetur, aut bibat aut 
abeat. Et recte. Aut enim frudtur aliquis, pdriter cum 
dliis, voluptdte potandi ; ut ne sobriu^ in violentiam vino- 
lentdrum incidat ante discedat. Cic. — " At the banquets of 
the Greeks a custom prevails, that every man shall either 
drink or begone : and with good reason : for every man 
should enjoy, equally with the rest, the pleasure of drink- 
ing ; lest he, being sober, should witness any violence of 
conduct, before he departs, on the part of those who are 
overtaken with wine." 

Lex neminem cogit ad impossibilia. Law Ma<jc. — " The law 
compels no man to do impossibilities." If a man under 
a penalty in a bond undertakes to do a physical im- 
possibility, the law will not allow the penalty to be re- 
covered. 






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Lex nemini operdtur iniquum ; nemini facit injuriam. Law 
Max. — " The law works injustice to no man, does injury 
to none." 

Lex non scripta.--'' The unwritten law." The common law 
of England, which originated in custom prior to the time 
of Eichard I., and has never been committed to writing. 
The eldest son inherits realty to the exclusion of the 
younger children under the Lex non scripta. 

Lex prospicit non respmt. Law Max. — " The law is pro- 
spective, not retrospective." 

Lex scripta.—"' The written " or " statute law." 

Lex talidnis.—'' The law of retaliation," or " of requital." 
"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth." This is the 
law of revenge, not of justice, and not unlike what the 
Americans caU " Lynch Law." 

Lex terrcB.—" The law of the land." A term used in contra- 
distinction to the " civil law." 

Lex universa est qu<B juhet nasci et mori, Syr. — " There is 
one universal law which commands that we shall be born 
and shall die." 

Libera te metu mortis. Sen.—" Deliver thyself from the 
fear of death." By doing your best to insure the reward 
of a good life. 

Llheri parentes alant, aut vinciantur.—" Let children support 
their parents, or be imprisoned." A Roman law. 

Llberius quam ut imperantium memmissent. Tacit. — " Too 
freely to remember their own rulers." 

Lihertas est potestas faciendi id quod jure licet. Law Max.— 
Liberty is the power of doing that which the law per- 
mits. The proper estimate of real liberty. 

Lihertas, qiKB sera, ta^nen respexit inertem. Vieg.— " Liberty 
which,^ though late, looked back upon me in my helpless 

Libertas ultima mundi 

Quo steterit ferienda loco. . LrcAN. 

—"In the spot where liberty has made her last stand must 
she be smitten." A sentiment attributed by Lucan to 
Julius Caesar. '' 

Libidinosa et intemperans adolescentia effoetum corpus tradit 
senectuti. Cic.--" A youth of sensuality and intemperance 
transmits to old age a worn-out body." 



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205 



Libido effrendta effrendtam appetentiam efTicit. Prov. — " Un- 
bridled gratification produces unbridled desire." See Sic 

quibuSy &c. 
Libra justa justttiam servat. — "A just balance preserves 

justice." 
Liceat concedere veris. HoE. — "It is only right to 

yield to truth." 
Licet superbiis ambules pecunid, 

FortUna non mutat genus. Hoe. 

— " Although you may strut about, proud of your money, 

fortune does not change birth." Words addressed to a 

conceited parvenu. 
Licuit, semperque licebit 

JBarcere personis, dicere de vitiis. 

— " It ever has been lawful, and ever will be, to spare 

the person, but to censure the vice." 
Lignum vitce. — " The wood of life." Boxwood, or the wood 

of the guaiacum officinale, is popularly so called. 
LimcB labor et mora. Hoe. — " The labour and tedious- 

ness of the file." The wearisome labour of correcting and 

giving the last polish to a work. 
Lingua mali loquax males mentis est indicium. Sye. — "An evil 

tongue is the proof of an evil mind." Because " Out of the 

abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh." Luke vi. 4, 5. 
Lingua mali pars pessma servi. Juv. — " The tongue is 

the worst part of a bad servant." If a servant is unprin- 
cipled, the opportunities which he has for slander render 

his power for evil ten-fold greater. 
Lingzid melior, sedfrig1.da bello 

Dexter a. Yieg. 

— " Excelling in speech, but of a right hand slow to war." 

The description given of Drances. 
Lingua, site; non est ultra narrdbile quicquam. OtiDc — 

" My tongue, be silent ; not another word must be said." 
lAngucB centum aunt, oraque centum, 

Ferrea vox. Yieg. 

— " It has a hundred tongues, a hundred mouths, a voice 

of iron." The attributes of rumour. 
'Jjingum prorsus non nego 



Habere atque agere maxmas me gratias ; 
Verum ociclis utpriveris opto perfidis. Piled. 



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LIN— LIV. 



— " I do not deny tliat to your tongue I owe most sincere 
thanks, and I return them ; but I wish you may be deprived 
of your perfidious eyes.'* Said to one who, though he may 
hold his tongue, still acts the traitor by his significant 
looks. 

Linguam alicujtis futilem ac ventosam retundere. Lm. — " To 
silence the babbling empty tongue of a person." 

Linguam compescere, virtus non minima est. — " To restrain 
tne tongue is not the least of virtues." 

lAnquenda telltts, et domus^ et placens 
Uxor, neque harum, quas col is ^ arhorum, 
Te, prcEter inv'isas cupressos, 
TTlla brevem dominum sequetur. HoE. 

— "Tour estate, your house, and your pleasing wife must 
be left, nor shall any of these trees which you are tending 
follow you, their owner for a brief space, except the hated 
cypresses." The cypress was planted near the graves of 
the dead. 

Lis litem generat. Prov. — " Strife begets strife." 

Litem paret lis, noxa item noxam parit. JProv. — " Dispute 
begets dispute, and injury begets injury." 

Litera can'ina. — "The canine letter." The letter B is so 
caUed, as it seems to be pronounced by a dog when he 
snarls, " Grr, Grrr," as Eabelais says. 

Litera scripta manet. — " The written letter remains.' ' "Words 
may escape our memory, but that which is written re- 
mains established as proof of the intention of the writer. 
Probably a portion of a mediaeval pentameter. 

Liter (S Bellerophontis. Prov. — " Letters of Bellerophon." 
Proetus, king of Argos, suspecting that Bellerophon had 
attempted to corrupt the chastity of his wife, sent him 
to the king of Syria with a sealed letter directing him 
to put the bearer to death. Hence letters which are dan- 
gerous to the bearer are called Literce Bellerophontis. 

later ce humaniores. — "Polite literature," or "arts," in Uni- 
versity parlance. 

Littus ama, altum alii teneant. YiEG. — " Hug the shore, 

let others stand out into the deep." Figuratively applied, 
these words warn us not to launch out into hazardous en- 
terprises, but to consult the dictates of prudence. 

Lividi limis ociilis semper aspiciunt aliorvm commoda. CiO. — • 



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207 



" Envious men always view vrith jealousy the prosperity of 
others." 

Loc. cit. for Loco citato. — "In the place quoted." 

Locum tenens. — " Holding his place," meaning, a person act- 
ing for, or holding the office of, another. A substitute or 
deputy, or, more strictly speaking, a lieutenant. 

Locus est et pluribus umhris. Hoe. — " There is room 

enough for more to introduce their friends." The "i^w- 
irfl," or "shadow," was a guest's friend, allowed by the 
Roman custom to accompany him at banquets and en- 
tertainments. 

Locus in quo. — " The place in which." Meaning, the place 
or position which was previously occupied. 

Locus sigilli. — " The place for the seal" — which is pointed 
out in copies of deeds or sealed documents by the letters 
L. S. 

Locus standi. — " A place for standing." A position assumed 
in argument. 

Longa est injuria, longcB 

Ambages. YiEO. 

— " Lengthened is the story of my wrongs, tedious the 
detail." 

Longa mora est, quantum noxce sit uhique repertum 

LJnumerdre : minor fuit ipsa infdmia vero. Ovid. 

— " It were an endless task to enumerate how great an 
amount of guilt everywhere prevailed ; even the report it- 
self was below the truth." The words of Jupiter when 
he found it necessary to destroy mankind by the deluge. 

Longa via est, nee tempora longa supersunt, 

Dixit; et hospttihu^ jdnica nostra patet. Oyid. 

— " ' Long is the road,' said he, ' and little of the day re- 
mains ; my door too is ever open to the stranger.' " 

Longe aberrat scopo. — " He is wide of the mark." " He has 
wandered far from his sphere." 

Longe absit. — " Far be it from me." Or as we say, " Gk)d 
forbid."^ 

Longe mea discrepat istis 

Et vox et ratio. HoE. 

— "Both my language and my sentiments difier widely 
from theirs." 

Longum iter est per prcecepta, breve et efficax per exempla. 



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Sen". — " The road by precept is long ; by example, short 
and effectual." 

Loquendum ut vulgus, sentiendum ut docii. Coke. — "We 
should speak with the populace, think with the learned." 

Zotis mamhtis. — " With clean hands." 

I/ubr7ca nascentes implent conchylia lunce. Hoe. — " The in- 
creasing moon plumps up the slippery oyster." A dictum 
to be remembered by the epicure. 

Luhrica statio et proxima prcedpitio. — " A slippery spot, and 
on the edge of a precipice." 

Luhrici sunt fortunes gressus. — " The footsteps of fortune 
are slippery." 

Luhr^cum linguw non facile in poenam est frahendum. Law 
Max. — " A slip of the tongue ought not to be punished 
without due consideration." 

Ijucem redde tuce, dux hone, patrics ; 
Instar veris enim vultus ubi tuus 
Aff\ilsit popiilo, grdtior et dies, 
JEt soles melius nitent HoE. 

— " Eestore, O excellent prince, light to thy country ; for, 
like the spring, wherever thy countenance has shone, the 
day passes more agreeably for the people, and the sun has 
a superior lustre." An eulogium, addressed by the poet to 
the emperor Augustus, during his absence from Eome. 

Lucet, edmus 

Quo ducit gula. Hob. 

— " It is day, let us go whither appetite leads us." 

Lucidus ordo. Hoe. — " Perspicuous arrangement." Method. 

Lucri bonus est odor ex re 

Qudlibet. Juv. 

— "The smell of gain is good, come from what it may." 
Vespasian made this reply to his son Titus, when he ex- 
postulated with him upon his imposing a tax upon urine. 
Lucrum amdre nullum amatorem decet. Plaut. — "No 
lover ought to be in love with pelf." 

Imcrvm malum cequdle dispendio. Prov. — " An evil gain is 
equal to a loss." " What is ill-gotten rarely thrives." 

Luctantem Icariis fiucfibus Africum 
Mercdtor metuens, otium et oppldi 
Laudat rura sui : mox reficit rates 
Quassas, indocllis pauperiem pati. Hon. 



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209 



— " The merchant, dreading the south-west wind contend- 
ing with the Icarian waves, commends the tranquillity and 
the rural retirement of the country-town ; but soon, incap- 
able of being taught to endure poverty, he refits his shat- 
tered bark." 
Luctantes ventos tempestdtesque sonoras 

Imperio premit. viEG. 

— " He represses by his control the struggling winds, and 
the resounding tempests." Said in allusion to the sway 
of ^Ettlus, the god of the winds. 
Locus a non lucendo.—l:\id.t is, Lucus, " a grove," is derived, 
by antiphrasis, from non lucere, "not to admit light," be- 
cause, as the grammarians said, it does not allow the light 
of the sun to shine through it. This derivation is found in 
Servius on ^neid I., Charisius, and Diomedes. Quintilian 
(i. 6) also notices it, but merely to ask whether such deriv- 
ations from contraries can possibly be received by reason- 
able people ; some critics having also imagined that Indus, 
"a school," was so called a non ludendo, because no play 
was allowed in it, and that Pluto was cahed Litis, " rich," 
because he was minime dives, " not at all rich." Yossius 
condemns the derivation of lucus from luceo as a mere 
fancy of the grammarians, and alludes to another given by 
Isidore, xiv. 8, a collucendo crebris luminibus religionis 
causa, " from the number of lamps or torches that were 
often lighted in the sacred groves," lucus being properly a 
grove consecrated to some deity, though often used in a 
general sense. But Vossius prefers on the whole to derive 
it from Xoxoc, " an ambush." Others would have it for 
lugus from Xvyr?, " darkness." The real etymology is quite 
uncertain. Servius, who favours the derivation from luceo, 
adduces, in support of it, another imagination of the gram- 
marians, bellum, " war," a nulla re belld, because it has 
nothing pleasing in it ; and Varro, de L. L., book v., rather 
inclines to think that coelum, "heaven," may be derived 
a celando, from "to conceal," quia apertum est, "because 
it is open." Lucus a non lucendo has become proverbial 
in ridicule of absurd or far-fetched etymologies. See 
Non sequitur, and Obscurum per obscurius. 
Ludere cum sacris.--"To play with holy things." To jest 
on sacred subjects. 



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LUD— LUX. 



Ludit in Jiumdnis Dmna potentia rehus ; 

Et certam prcBsens vix hahet horajidem. Otid. 

— " The Divine power finds sport in the affairs of men, 

and the present moment hardly carries positive assurance." 

Ludus driimo debet aXiquando dari, 

Ad cogitandum melior ut redeat tibi. Ph^d. 

— " Recreation ought sometimes to be given to the mind, 

that it may return to you better fitted for thought." 

Lugete Veneres Cupidinesque. Catull. — " Mourn, ye Ve- 
nuses and Cupids." These words, used by the poet in 
commemorating the death of Lesbia's favourite sparrow, 
are sometimes employed ironically. 

Lumen soli mutuum das. Frov. — " You are lending light to 
the sun." Said of persons who affect to explain what is 
perfectly clear and intelligible, or, as Young says of 
commentators, " Hold their farthing candle to the sun." 

Lupus infdhiild. Prov. — " The wolf in the fable." Alluding 
to the accidental arrival of the person who happens at that 
moment to be the subject of conversation. Like the wolf 
of ancient fable, which was said to have that power, his ap- 
pearance deprives the speakers of their voice, or, in other 
words, puts a stop to their conversation. See Edere non 
poteris, &c. 

Lupus pilum mutatj non mentem. Prov. — " The wolf changes 
his hair, but not his nature." See Naturam expellas, &c. 

Lusisti satis, edisti satis, atque hihisti. 

Tempus ab'ire tibi est. Hob. 

— -" Thou hast trifled enough, hast eaten and drunk enough, 
'tis time for thee to depart." Words addressed to an aged 
se isualist, on the verge of the grave. 

Lusit amdbWter, donee jam scbvus apertam 

In rdbiem verti coepitjocus. Hoe. 

— "This raillery sported on pleasantly enough, till at 
length, becoming bitter, it began to turn into virulence." 

Lusus natiircB. — " A freak of nature." A deformed or unna- 
tural production is so called. 

Lutum nisi tunddtur, non Jit urceus. Prov. — " Unless the 
clay be well pounded, no pitcher can be made." Nothing 
of value can be produced without industry. 

Luxumpopuli expidre solent bella. — " The luxury of a people 
is usually expiated by war." Luxury and dissipation 



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produce disorder, the fruitful parent of turbulence and 



war. 



LuxuricB desunt multa, avaritice omnia. Syr. — " Luxury is 
in want of many things ; avarice, of everything." 

Luxuriant dmmi rebus plerumque secundis ; 

Nee facile est cequd commoda mente pati. Ovid. 

— " The feelings often run riot amid prosperity ; and to 

bear good fortune with evenness of mind is no easy task." 



M. 

M. D. " MedicTncB Doctor r—'' Doctor in Medicine." 

M. S. See Manu scriptum. 

Made virtdte. Vieg. — " Be strong in virtue." These words 

are sometimes used ironically. 
Macte virtdte diligentidque esto. LiVT. — " Be strong in 

virtue and diligence." 
Macules qua^ aut incuria fudit, 

Aut humdna parum cavit natura. Hoe. 

— "The blemishes which carelessness has produced, or 

against which human nature is not sufficiently on its 

guard." 
-Mddidis Notus evolat alls. Ovid. — "The south-west 



wind flies forth with dripping wings." 
Magdlia quondam. Vieg. — " Once cottages." The same 

may be said, as to the ground on which they stand, of 

some of the most gorgeous palaces of the present day. 
Magis gaudet quam qui senectam exuit. Prov. — " He ismore 

delighted than one who has put off old age," i. e. has 

become young again. 
Magis ilia juvant quae pluris emuntur. JuY. — " Those 

things please most which cost most." 
Magis magni clerlci non sunt magis sdpienfes. Prov. — " The 

greatest scholars are not the wisest men;" in a worldly 

point of view. A mediaeval proverb. 
Magis muttis quam piscis. Prov. — " More dumb than a fish." 
Magister dliu^ casus. Pliny the Elder, — " Chance is a second 

master." 
Magister artis ingenique largitor 

Venter. Pees. 

p 2 



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MAG. 



— " Hunger, the teacher of the arts, and the bestower of 
invention." 

Magistrdtus incticat virum. — " Office proves the man." Motto 
of the Earl of Lonsdale. 

Magna Charta. — " The Great Charter." The Charter 
which was obtaiaed from King John by the barons of 
England, in the year 1215, and which has ever since been 
regarded as the great bulwark of the liberties of Great 
Britain. 

Magna c'mtas, magna soUtudo. Prov. — "A great city, a 
great desert." A Latin adage taken from a Greek comic 
poet, who said of the city of Megalopolis in Arcadia, 'Eprjuia 
fieyaXrj Vtv i] UeyaXr) iroXiQ. " The great city, (or Mega- 
lopolis,) is a great wilderness." 

Magna est admirdtio copiose snpienterque dlcentis. Cic. 
— " Great is our admiration of one who expresses himself 
with fluency and wisdom." 

Magna est Veritas et prcevalehit. — " Truth is powerful, and 
she will prevail." An adaptation of the words in I. Esdras, 
iv. 41. 

Magna est vis consuetildinis : hcec ferre laborem, contemnere 
vulntis et dolOrem docet. Cic. — " Great is the power of 
habit : this teaches us to bear fatigue, and to despise 
wounds and pain." 

Magna fuit quondam capitis reverentia cani, 

Inque suo pretio ruga senilis erat. Oyid. 

—-"In days of yore great was the respect paid to the 

hoary head, and honoured were the wrinkles of age." 

Magna mPdius comitante catervd. Vikg. — " In the 

midst of a vast crowd which attended him." 

Magna movet stomdcho fast'idia, sipuer unctis 

Tractdvit cdlicem mdmbus. Hob. 

— " The stomach is sensible of great loathing, if the servant 
touches your cup with his greasy hands." 

Magna quidem sacris quce dat prcscepta lihellis 
Victrix Fortunes Sapientia. Duclmtis autem 
Hos quoque JellceSj qui ferre incommoda viieSf 
Nee jactdre jugum vita didlcere magistrd. JrT. 
— " Noble indeed are the precepts which Philosophy, that 
triumphs over Fortune, lays down in her sacred pages. Yet 
we deem those happy too, who, with daily lile for their 



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213 



preceptress, have learnt to endure with patience the evils 
of life, and not to struggle against the yoke." 

Magna servltus est magna fort una. Sen. — " A great fortune 
is a great servitude;" — in consequence of the many and 
imperative duties which it entails. 

Magna vis est conscienficB in utramque partem^ ut neque 
tmeant qui nihil commiserunt, et poenam ante oculos versdri 
putent qui peccdrunt^ Cic. — " The power of conscience 
is great in both ways ; those have nothing to fear who 
have committed no crime ; and those who have sinned 
always have punishment before their eyes." 

Magna vis est, magnum, nomen, unum et idem sentientis sendtHs. 
Cic. — " Great is the power, great the name, of a senate 
which is unanimous in its opinions." 

Magnce fellcitdtes multum calJgmis mentWu^ humdnis ohjiciunt. 
Sen. — " Great prosperity involves the human mind in 
extreme darkness." Men who are suddenly prosperous are 
apt to lose sight of their duties and obligations. 

MagncB fortunm comes adest aduldtio. — "Adulation is the 
attendant on great wealth.'* 

Magnas inter opes inops. Hoe. — " Poor in the midst of 
great wealth." A description of a miser, who knows not 
the proper use of money, and dares not spend it. 

Magne pater divum, scevos pun'ire tyrannos 

ITaud alia ratione velis 

Virtutem v7deant, intdbescanfque videndo. Pees. 
— " Great father of the gods, be pleased to punish cruel 
tyrants in no other way than that they may behold virtue, 
and pine in despair as they behold her." The pangs of 
remorse are the severest punishment. 

Magni dnimi est injuria^ despicere. Sen. — " It is the duty of 
a great mind to despise injuries." 

Magni est ingPnii revocdre mentem a senslhus, et cogitationem 
a consuetud7ne ahdilcere. Cic. — " It requires great intellect 
to release the mind from the thraldom of the senses, and 
to wean the thoughts from confirmed habits." 

Magni nommis umbra. Lucan. — " The shadow of a 

great name." These words are sometimes applied to the 
degenerate son or descendant of an illustrious father or an- 
cestor. The son of Cicero, for instance, was only the 
shadow of his father's great name. See Stat magni, &c. 



214 



MAG. 



Jilagni refert quibtiscttm vixeris. Prov. — " It is of great con- 
sequence with whom you live." People are generally 
estimated according to the character of their associates. 

Magnis tamen excidit amis. Ovid. — " He fell, however, 

in a great attempt." See Mic situs est, &c. 

Magno condtu magnas nugas. Tee. — " Great efforts on great 
trifles." 

Magno cum pertculo citstodUur, quod multis placet. Syr. — 
" That is kept with great danger, which is coveted by 
many." 

Magno deflumine mallem 

Quam ex hoc fontlculo tantundem sumere. HoR. 

— " I had rather draw my glass of water from a great river 
than the same quantity from this little spring." Said 
ironically in reproof of those who lay by large stores and 
never use them. 
■Magnorum Jiaud unquam indignus avorum. Vieg. — 



"Never proving unworthy of his illustrious ancestors." 

Magnos hdnitnes virtute metlmur, non fortund. Coen. Nep. 
— " We estimate great men by their virtue, not by their 
success." Philosophers may do this, but the public does not. 

Magnum honum, — " A great good." A species of plum is so 
called. 

Magnum est argumentum in utroque fuisse moderdtum. — " It 
is greatly in a man's favour, to have shown himself mode- 
rate, when placed in either situation." 

Magnum hoc ego ducOj 

Quod placui tibi, qui turpi secernis honestum, 
Non patre prcecldro, sed vita et pectore puro. Hoe. 
— " I esteem it a great blessing that I pleased you, who 
distinguish probity from baseness, not by the illustrious- 
ness of a father, but by the purity of the heart and feel- 
ings." 
'Magnum hoc vitium vino est, 



JPedes captat primum ; luctdtor dolosus est. Plaut. 
— " This is the great fault in wine ; it first trips up the 
feet : it is a cunning wrestler." 
Magnum pauperies opprobrium jubet 
Quidvis aut facere aut pati. Hoe. 

" Poverty, a great reproach, impels us to do or to suffer 
anything." 



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215 



Magnum vectlgal est parsimonia. Cic. — " Economy is a great 
revenue." On the principle of Franklin's favourite say- 
ing — " A penny saved is a penny earned." 
Magnus Alexander corpore parvus erat. Frov. — " The great 

Alexander was smaU. in stature." 
Major e longinquo reverentia. TaC— " Eespect is greater at 
a distance." Similar to our proverb, " Familiarity breeds 
contempt." The French have a saying, that " No man is 
a hero to his valet." 

Major famcB sitis est quam 

Virt/ltis ; quis enim virtutem amplectitur ipsam, 
JPrcemia si tollas ? Juv. 

— "The thirst for fame is greater than for virtue; for, 
take away the reward, and who would embrace virtue?" 
Strictly speaking, there is selfishness, though of a laud- 
able character, in the motives of the best of men ; they, 
at least, look for the reward of a good conscience. 
Major hceredltas venit unicuique nostrum a jure et legibus, 
quam a parenfibus. Cic— " We each of us receive a more 
valuable inheritance in our civil and legal rights, than any 
we derive from our fathers." 
Major privdto visus, dum privdtus fuit, et omnium consensu 
capax imperii, nisi imperdsset. Tacit. — " He appeared 
greater than a private individual, so long as he remained a 
private individual, and, by the consent of all, would have 
been deemed fit to rule had he never ruled." Said of 
the Emperor Galba. 
. Major rerum mihi nascHtur ordo. YiEG. — " A more ex- 
tended range of things presents itseK to me." My views 
become enlarged. 
Majdresque cadunt altis de montWus vmhrw. YiEG. — " And 
the shadows lengthen as they fall from the lofty moun- 
tains" — upon the approach of evening. 

Mala causa silenda est. Ovid. — "It is best to be 

silent in a bad cause." 
Mala conscientia etiam sdlitaddne anxia atque soWcita est.— 
"An evil conscience is anxious and solicitous, even in 
solitude." 
Malajides. — " Bad faith." 

Mala galllna, malum ovum. JProv. — " Bad hen, bad e^^.^^ So 
Matt. vii. 16, " Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs 
of thistles?" 



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MAL. 



Mala grarnmnftca non vttiat chartam. Coke. — " Bad gram- 
mar doea not vitiate a deed." A deed is construed ac- 
cording to the manifest intention of the writer. 
Mala mail malo mala contidit ovinia mundo ; 
Causa mail tanti fceTfuna solafuit. 

— "The jaw-bone of a bad man with the aid of an apple 
brought all evil into the world; woman alone was the 
cause of all this evil." A play on the Latin words, mdla^ 
"a jaw-bone," mdlus, "bad," malum, " evil," and malum, 
"an apple." 
Mala mens, maltts animtts. Teb. — " Bad heart, bad dispo- 
sition." 
Mala ultro adsunt. Pbov. — "Misfortunes come unsought." 

Male cuncta ministrat 

Impetus. Stat. 

— "Violence conducts everything badly." When we are 
influenced by passion, we do everything amiss. See Da 
spatium, &c. 
Male imperando summum imperium amittUur. Ste. — " By 

bad government the supreme rule is lost." 
Male narrando fahula depravdtur. — " A story is spoiled by 

being badly told." 
Male partum male disperit, Plaut. — " Property ill got, ill 
spent." " Lightly come, lightly go." See Be male quoe- 
sitis, &c. 
Male secum agit cdger, medlcum qui hceredem facit. Syr. — 
" The sick man does injustice to himself who makes his 
physician his heir." 

Male si manddta loqudris, 

Aut dormitdho aut rldibo. Hoe. 

-— " If you pronounce the parts assigned you badly, I shall 
either fall asleep or laugh." Addressed to an actor in 
tragedy. 

Male verum exdmmat omnia 

Corruptus judex. HoR. 

— " Every corrupt judge imperfectly examines into the 
truth." He shuts his eyes to such parts of the matter as do 
not suit his purpose. The poet is speaking of the intem- 
perate man as ill qualified to judge of temperance. 
Male vivunt qui se semper vi<?turo8 putdnt. Syb. — " They 
live ill, who think they will live for ever." Because they 
are always deferring repentance and amendment. 



MAL. 



217 



MaUdicus a maPfico non distat nisi occdsione. Qutt^till. — 
" An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer in nothing but 
want of opportunity." A person who stabs our good name 
will not hesitate to stab the body if it suits his purpose, 
and he can insure impunity. 

MaPfacere qui vult, nusquam non causam invPniet. Sye. — 
" He who wishes to do evil will never be at a loss for a 
reason." See JEsop's Fable of the Wolf and the Lamb. 

Malesudda fames, Vieg. — " Hunger that persuades to 

evil." 
Mali principii mains Jlnis. Tee.—" Bad beginnings have 

bad endings." 
Malim inquietam llhertdtem quam quietum servittum.—" 1 

would prefer liberty with unquiet to slavery with quiet." 

The sentiments of a lover of freedom at any price. 
Malis nvWus.—'' With bad birds," i. e. "with a bad omen." 
MalUia est versuta etfallax ratio nocendi. Cic. — " Malice 

is a subtle and deceitful engine of mischief." 
Malo accepto stultus sapit. Frov.—'' After suffering an evil 

the fool becomes wise." " Experience is the mistress of 

fools." 
Malo henPfacere tantumdem est pericUlum, 

Quantum bono malPfacere. Plaut. 

— " To do good to the bad is a danger just as great as to 

do bad to the good." ^ 

Malo cum Flatone errdre, quam cum aliis recte sentlre. Cic. 

« I had rather be wrong with Plato, than think aright 

with the others." ^ . • ^ 

Malo indisertam prudentiam, quam loqudcem stuWtiam. CiC. 

— " I prefer ineloquent prudence to fluent folly." 
Malo malo malo malo. 

— " Malo, I would rather be 

Malo, in an apple tree, 

Malo, than a wicked man 

Malo, in adversity." 

A play upon the different meanings of apparently the 

same word. . 

Malo mihi male quam molHter esse. Sen.—" I prefer bemg 

unfortunate to being effeminate." 
Malo nodo malus queer endus cuneus. Prov. — " For a hard 

knot a hard tool must be sought." 



218 



MAL. 



Malo si quid h^n^Jacias, id leneflcium interit, 

Mono si quid mdlefacias, cetdtem expetit. Plaut. 
-— "K you do any good to the bad, the benefit is lost at once, 
if you do any bad to the good, it lasts for a length of time." 
Maldrum facinorum ministri quasi exprohrantes aspiciuntv^. 
Tacit. — "The accomplices in evil actions are generally 
looked upon as our censors." There is no dependence 
upon them beyond the present moment. 

Maldrum immensa vordgo et gurges. Cic. — " A boundless 
abyss and gulf of evils." 

Malum bene condUum ne moveris. JProv. — " Do not disturb 
an evil that has been fairly buried." " Let well alone" — 
or, as we say, " Do not rip up old sores." 

Malum consilium consultori pesslmum. Vee. Flaccus. — 
"Bad advice is most fatal to the adviser." Its ill effects 
are apt to recoil upon himself See Nee enim, &c. 

Malum est consilium quod mutdri non potest. Stb. — " That 
is bad counsel, which cannot be changed." See Vestigia 
nulla, &c. 

Malum in se. — " An evil in itself" That which is universally 
acknowledged to be bad among civilized men, and is stig- 
matized as such by the laws of nature. 

Malum nascens facile opprmiitur ; inveterdtum fit rohustius, 
Cic. — " An evil habit in the beginning is easily subdued, 
but when it becomes inveterate, it gains strength." 

Malum prohibitum. — '* An evil from prohibition." That which 
is conventionally an evil, from being so defined by law ; 
such, for instance, as smuggling. 

Malum vas nonfrangUur. JProv. — " A worthless vessel does 
not get broken." " Nought comes to no harm." 

Malus honum uhi se smi/Iat, tunc est pessmus. Ste. — "A 
bad man is worst of all, when he pretends to be a good 
one." Because we are not on our guard against him. 

Malu^ clandestinus est amor, damnum est merum. Plaut. — 
" Clandestine courtship is bad ; it is downright ruin." 

Malus est enim custos diuturnitdtis metus, contraque benevo- 
lentia fidelis vel ad perpetuitdtem. Cic. — " Fear is a bad 
preserver of that which is intended to endure ; on the 
other hand, considerateness will insure fidelity for ever." 
A contrast of the comparative results of despotic sway 
and free government. 



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219 



Malus malum vult, ut sit sui sim^lis. — " A bad man wishes 

another to be bad, that there may be one like himself." 
Malu^ usu^ abolendus est. Law Max.— r^^ An evil custom 
ought to be abolished." In states this should be done with 
a sense that every usage is not necessarily bad because it 
is old. 
Manddmus. Law Term. — " We command." A writ or com- 
mand issuing from the Queen's Bench, commanding certain 
things to be done, which it lies within its power to enforce. 
Manddre suspendium dlicui. Apul. — " To bid a man go Jind 

be hanged." 
Mandrabuli more res succedit. I*rov. — " The business goes 
on as as it did with Mandrabulus :" i. e. worse and worse. 
Mandrabulus was a man who found a treasure, on which 
he presented to Juno a golden ram, meaning to make a 
similar ofiering each year : but repenting of his liberality, 
the next year he ottered one of silver, and the following, 
one of bronze. Hence this phrase, very similar to our say- 
ing, " Out of the frying-pan into the fire." 
Manebant vestigia morientis libertdtis. Tacit. — " Traces 
still remained of expiring liberty." The spirit of freedom 
was not utterly crushed. 

Manet altd mente repostum, 

Judicium Parldis spretceque injuria formce. ViEG. 
— " There remains deeply seated in her mind the judgment 
of Paris, and the injustice done to her slighted beauty." 
In allusion to the vengeance of Juno. 
Mdnibus pedibusque.—''^\t\i hands and feet." With all 

one's energies ; " With tooth and nail." 
Manlidna imperia. Frov. — " A Manlian order." In refer- 
ence to Titus Manlius, who ordered his son to be scourged 
and beheaded for fighting contrary to orders. 
Mantua me genuit, Calabri rapuere, tenet nunc 
JParthenope. Cecmi pascua, rura, duces. 
— " Mantua bore me, Calabria witnessed my death, Par- 
thenope [or Naples] now receives me. I sang of pastures, 
fields, and heroes." The epitaph of Virgil, written by him- 
self, Donatus says, though without much appearance of 
probability. 
Mantua, vce ! miserce ntmium vlc'ina Cremonce. A^ieg. — 



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MAN— MAE. 



" Mantua, alas ! how mucli too near to the unfortunate 
Cremona !" These words are said to have been most aptly 
quoted by Dean Swift, on seeing a valuable Cremona 
violin swept from a table to the floor by a lady's mantua 
or gown. 

Manuforti. — "With a strong hand." 

Mann scriptum. — "Written by the hand.'* Hence our 
word manuscript— : sometimes written MS. and in the 
plural MSS. 

Manum de tabula ! — " Hands off the picture ! " Meaning 
that by touching and retouching you may at last injure a 
work. Said originally by Apelles to Protogenes, when still 
labouring to add to the beauties of a picture already 
beautiful. 

Manum non verterim, d1g1tum non porrexerim. — "I would 
not turn my hand, or hold out my finger for it." 

Manus manwm fricat, etmanus manum lavat. Prov. — " Hand 
rubs hand, and hand washes hand." Nature teaches us 
that we were made to assist each other. 

Mare apertum. — " A sea open," — to commerce. 

Mare clausum. — "A sea shut up," — against the commerce 
of the world at large. 

Mare quidem commune certo est omnibm. Plaut. — " Surely 
the sea is common to all." 

Margarita e stercore. Prov.—'' A pearl from a dunghill." 

Marmoreo Licmm tumiilo jacet, at Cato parvo, 
Fompeim nullo, Quis putet esse deos ? 
Saxapremunt LMnum, levat altum Fama Catonem, 

Fompeium tUuli. CredXmus esse deos. 
— " Licinus lies in a marble tomb, Cato in an humble 
one, Pompey in none. Who can think that the gods exist ? 
Heavy lies the stone on Licinus ; Fame raises Cato on 
high ;^ his glories, Pompey. We believe that the gods do 
exist." The first two lines are an epigram from the Latin 
Anthology in reference to the magnificent tomb of one 
Licinus, the slave and steward of Julius Casar. The two 
lines in answer, which are equally good, are of more recent 
origin. 

Mars gravior sub pace latet. Clatjd.— " A more serious 

warfare lies concealed beneath a show of peace." 



MAR— IVIAX. 



221 



•Martem accendere cantu. YiRG.— " To kindle the war- 



fare by his note." Said of a trumpeter, and the effects of 
martial music. 
Mater ait natce, dicnatce, Ftlia, natam 
Ut moneat natce, plangere flliolam. 

" The mother to her daughter spake, 
Daughter, said she, arise, 
Thy daughter to her daughter take, ^ 
Whose daughter's daughter cries." 
A distich, according to Zuinglius, on a lady of the family 
of the Dalburgs, who saw her descendants to the sixth 

generation. . . ^^ .i. r 

Mater artium necessltas. Frov.—" Necessity is the mother ot 

arts." Or, as we say, " Necessity is the mother of mven- 

tion." , 

Mater familias.-'" The mother of a family. 

Mdteriem, qua sis ingeniosus, habes. Ovid.—" You have a 
subject on which to prove your ingenuity.'* 

Materiem superdbat opics. Oyid.-" The workmanship 

surpassed the material." The mechanical skill displayed 
rendered the material more than doubly valuable. ^^ 

Mature fias senex, si diu velis esse senex. Frov.-—" You 
must become an old man soon, if you would be an old man 
long." " Old young and old long." You must leave oti 
the irregularities of youth early, if you wish to attain old 
age. Quoted by Cicero, Be Jenectute. 

Mdvelim mihi inimlcos invidere quam me inimmsmets : 
Nam invidere alii bene esse, tibi male esse, mmria est. 

Platjt. 

— " I had rather that my enemies should envy me than I my 
enemies ; for to feel envy because it goes well with another, 
and badly with yourself, is wretchedness.'* 

Maxma debetur pueris reverentia. Jtjy.— "The greatest 

respect is due to youth." Everything said and done m the 
presence of youth should be weighed more carefully even 
than our conduct in the company of old age. It has its 
effect for good or for bad ^^ 

Maxma illecPbra est peccandi tmpumtafts spes. i^ic — -l ne 
greatest ^lurement to guilt, is the hope of escaping with 
impunity." It is the certainty of punishment that deters 
from the commission of crime. 



222 



MAX—ME. 



OVTD.— " It is 



Maxima poena mihi est ipsum affendisse- 

my greatest punishment to have oflfended him." 
Maxima quceque domus servis est plena superbis. Juv. — 

" Every great house is full of insolent servants." 
Maximas virtUtes jacere omnes necesse est, voluptdte dominante. 

Cic. — " Where a love of pleasure reigns paramount, the 

greatest of virtues must necessarily lie inactive." 
Maximus in minimis. — " Very great in very little things." 

The character of a laborious trifler. 
Me antehac 

Supremum hahuisti comitem consiliis tuis. Plattt. 

— " Till now you have had me as the most intimate sharer 

in your counsels." 
Me duce, damnosas, homines^ compescite cur as. Ovid. — " With 

me for your guide, ye men, dispel your anxious cares." 
Me justum esse gratis oportet. Sen. — " It is my duty to be 

just without reward." 
Me liceat casus misereri insontis amid ? Vieg. — " May it be 

allowed me to pity the misfortunes of my guiltless friend ?'* 
Me, me^ adsum qui feci, in me convertite ferrum. Vieg. — 

" On me ! on me ! here am I who did the deed, oh turn 

your sword on me." See Meafram, &c. 
Me miserum ! paucas monui quod prosit in horas. Oyid. — 

" Wretched me ! I have been giving advice to be of use 

for a few hours only." 
Me non ordcula certum, 

Sed mors certafacit.- 



— These words are part of a speech of Cato in Lucan, ix. 
682. Cato says, 

Sortilegis egeant dubii, semperque futuris 
Casibus ancipites, me non oracula certum, 
Sed mors certafacit; pavido fortique cadendum est. 
— " Let those who are doubtful, and always perplexed 
about future events, seek the aid of diviners ; as for me, 
it is not oracles that render me decided, but death, which 
is itself decided ; for the coward and the hero must perish 
alike." ^ 
Me non solum piget stultitice mece, sed etiam pudet. Cic. — 
" I am not only grieved at, but even ashamed of, my 
foUv." 
Me Parnassi deserta per ardua dulcis 



ME— MED. 



223 



Capiat amor ; jurat ire jugis, qua nulla priorum 
Castdliam molli divertitur orbita clivo. VlEG. 

— " The sweet love [of the Muses] transports me along 
the lonely heights of Parnassus ; I delight to range those 
mountain-tops, where no path, trodden by the ancients, 
winds down to Castalia with gentle descent." 

Me pascant ollvce. 

Me cichorea, levesque malvcd. 
Frui par dtis, etvaUdo mihi, 

Lat'de dones, et, precor, integrd 
Cum mente, nee turpem senectam 
Degere, nee cithdrd carentem. Hoe. 
— " May olives support me, succory too and soft mallows. 
O son of Latona, grant me to enjoy what I have, and to 
possess my health, with an unimpaired understanding, I 
beseech thee; and not to pass a wretched old age, or 
deprived of my lyre." 

Mea culpa, Deus. — " My fault, O God." A mediaeval expres- 
sion, like our " God ibrgive me," used by a person when 
sensible of having done or said anything profane. 

Meafraus omnis : nihil iste nee ausu^. 

Nee potuit, caelum hoc, et conscia sJdera testor. Yieg. 
— " Mine is all the offence, he neither dared, nor could do, 
aught. This I call heaven and the conscious stars to wit- 
(See Me, me, adsum, &c.) The words of Nisus, 



ness. 



when attempting to save Euryalus, in the 9th ^neid. A 
celebrated statesman, having quoted the passage, " Me, me, 
adsum,'' &c., was reminded by his opponent, that he had 
omitted i\ie '' Mea fraus omnis,'' which was much more 
applicable to him. 

Medrum rerum me novisse cequum est ordinem. Plaut. — " It 
is right that I should know the state of my own circum- 
stances." 

Mecum facile redeo in grdtiam. Phjed.— " I am easily 

reconciled to myself." 
•MPdia inter prcelia semper 



Stelldrum, coelique plagis, siiperisque vacdvi. Ltjcan. 
— "Ever, amid battles, have I found time to contem- 
plate the stars, and the tracts of heaven, and the realms 
above." 
Medici J causd morbi inventd, curatidnem inventamputant. CiC. 



224 



MED— MEL. 



— " Physicians think that, the cause of the diaeaae being 
discovered, they have also discovered its cure." 

Medici graviores morhos aspPris remediis curant. Ctjrt. — 
" Physicians cure severe diseases with sharp remedies." 

MeS/cus dedit qui temporis morho moram, 
Is pliLS remPdii quam cutis sector dedit. 

« The physician who gives to the disease time for cure, 

finds a better remedy than he who cuts the skin." A 
gradual cure is more desirable than recourse to violent 
remedies. 

Medio defonte leporum 

Surgit amdri dUquid quod in ipsis Jldrtbus angat. Luceet. 
— " From the midst of the very fountain of delight some- 
thing bitter arises, to vex us even amid the flowers 
themselves." 

" Pull from the fount of joy's delicious springs 
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom flings." 

Childe Harold, c. i. § 82. 
Medio tutissimus ibis. Ovid. — "You wiU go most 



i^ i 



safely in the middle." By avoiding extremes you will in- 
sure comparative security. 
-Mediocnbus esse poetis 



Non Di, non homines, non concessere columns. Hob. 
— " Mediocrity in poets not gods, nor men, nor book- 
sellers will permit." 

Medidcritas est inter nmlum et 'parum. — " Mediocrity is the 
mean between too much and too little." 

Mel in ore, verba lactis, 

Fel in corde, fraus in factis. 

— " Honey in his mouth, words of milk, gall in his heart, 
fraud in his deeds." A Leonine couplet of the middle 
ages, descriptive of a hypocrite. 

MPlior est conditio possidentis. Law Majc. — " The condition 
of him who is in possession is the most advantageous." 
" Possession is nine points of the law," where the rights 
are equal. 

MPlior est condUio possidentis, ubi neuter jus Jiabet. Law 
Max. — " Where neither has a right, the condition of him 
who is in possession is the best." 

MPlior tutiorque est certapax, qtcam sperdta victoria. Liv. 
— " Certain peace is better and saier than expected vic- 
tory." 



MEL— MEM. 



225 



MPliora sunt ea quae naturd, quam quce arte perfecta sunt. 
Cic. — " Those things which are perfect by nature are 
better than those which are made perfect by art." 

Melius est cavere semper, quam pati semel. JProv. — " It is 
better to be always on one's guard, than once to suffer." 
On the other harid, Julius Caesar used to hold that it was 
better to suffer once, than to be kept continually on the 
rack of apprehension. — Melius est pati semely quam cavere 
semper. 

Melius est modo purgdre peccdta, et v1tia resecdre, quam in 

futurum purganda reservdre. Th. a Kempis. — " It is better 

now to cleanse ourselves of our sins, and to lop off" our 

vices, than to reserve them, to be cleansed at some future 

time." 

Melius est peccdta cavere, quam mortem ftigere. Si hodie non 
es pardtus, quomodo eras eris ? Cras est dies incertus : et 
qui scis si crasimum habfbis ? Th. a Kempis.—" It is better 
to avoid sin, than to fly from death. If to-day you are 
not prepared, how will you be to-morrow ? To-morrow is 
an uncertain day, and how do you know whether you will 
have a to-morrow ? " 

MPlius non tangPre, clamo. HoR. — " I give notice, 'tis 

best not to touch me." The words of a man who is on 
his guard against every attack. 

Melius, pejus, prosit, obsit, nil vident nisi quod libuerit. Ter. — 
" Better or worse, for their advantage or disadvantage, they 
see nothing but what they please." 

MeUitum venenum, blanda ordtio. JProv. — " A flattering 
speech is honied poison." It tends to disarm the person 
to whom it is addressed. 

Membra reformidant mollem quoque saucia tactum ; 

Vanaqu^ sollicitis inciitit umbra meturh. Oyid. 

— " The wounded limb shudders at even a gentle touch : and 
to the timid the unsubstantial shadow creates alarm.'* 

Memento mori. — " Eemember you must die." Anything 
which reiniuds us of our end is caUed a memento mori. At 
their banquets the Egyptians were in the habit of intro- 
ducing a mummy or a skeleton, and addressing words to 
this effect to their guests. 

Memento semper finis, et quia perdltum nan redit tempu^. 

Q 



226 



MEM— MEN. 



MEN— MEO. 



007 



Th. a Kempis. — " Always be in remembrance of your end, 
and that time lost never returns." 
— Meminerunt omnia amantes. OviD. — " Lovers remember 



everything." 

MemordbUior prima pars vitcd quam postrfma fuit. LiVT. — 
" The first part of his life was more distinguished than the 
latter." Said of Scipio Africanus the Younger. 

Mi^morem immemorem facitj qui monet quod memor meminit. 
Plaut. — " He who is continually reminding a man who 
has a good memory, makes him forget." 

Memoria est per quam mens rep Hit ilia quae fuerunt. CiC. — 
" The memory is that by which the mind recalls the 
things that have been." 

Memorid in aternd. — " In eternal remembrance." 

Memoria tecJinlca. — " An artificial memory." Words or signs 
adapted for aiding the memory. 

Menddcem mtmorem esse oportet. QuiifT. — " A liar should 
have a good memory." 

Menddci hommi, ne verum quidem dicenti credrre solemus. 
Cic. — " We are accustomed to give no credit to a liar, 
even when he tells the truth." Illustrated by the Eable 
of the Shepherd Boy and the Wolf. 

■ MendJci, mimi, halatrones. Hoe. — " Beggars, buffoons, 

and scoundrels." " Tag, rag, and bobtail." 

MendJco ne parentes quidem amid sunt. JProv. — " To a beg- 
gar not even his own parents are friendly." Poverty has 
the eff*ect of blighting the natural aftections. 

Menefugis ? per ego has Idchrymas dextramque tuam^ te 
JPer connuhia nostra, per inceptos Symenceos^ 
Si bene quid de te 7nerui,fuit aut tibi quicquam 
Dulce meum, miserei'e domus Idbentis, et istam 
Oro, siquis adhuc fredbus locus, exue mentem. Yieg. 
— " Dost thou fly from me ? I conjure thee, by these tears, 
by thy own right hand, by our marriage rites, by our new- 
made wedding tie, if ever I have deserved well of thee, or 
if aught of my charms were sweet unto thee, pity my fail- 
ing house, and if there is still any room for my prayers, 
lay aside, I beseech thee, this thy intention." Dido thus 
appeals to .^neas, when he is about to abandon her, and 
fly from Carthage. 



Mene sails placidi vultum fluctusque quietos 

Ignornre jubes ? Mene huic confldPre monstro ? Yteo. 
— " Dost thou command me not to understand the counte- 
nance of the placid ocean and the waves ? Am I to put 
any faith in this monster ? " 

Mens agltat molem Vieg. — " A mind informs the mass." 

Mens bona regnum possldet. Prov. — " A good mind possesses 
a kingdom." " My mind to me a kingdom is." The 
motto of the Emperor Nerva. 

Mens conscia recti. — " A mind conscious of rectitude." See 
Conscia mens recti, &c. 

Mens cujusque is est quisque. — " The mind of the man is the 
man himself." 

Mens immota manet, lachrymce volvuntur indnes. Yieg. — 
"His mind remains unmoved. Tears are shed of no 
avail." 

Mens interrlta leihi. Ovid. — " A mind unawed by 

death." The feelings of a good man in his last moments. 
Meiis invicta manet. — " The mind remains unsubdued." This 

is especially proved in the case of those who have died 

martyrs for their faith. 
Mens peccat, non corpus, et unde consilium abfiiit culpa abesf. 

I^i^—" The mind sins, not the body, and where reason is 

wanting there is no criminality." Hence it is that lunatics 

are not subject to the penal laws. 
Mens sine pondPre ludit. — " The mind is playful when free 

from pressure." 
Mensque pafi durum sustmet cegra nihil. Ovid. — " A mind 

diseased can bear nothing that is harsh." Its susceptibility 

is increased by suftering. 
Mensuraque juris 

Vis erat. Lucan. 

-— " And might was the measure of right." This takes place 

in the lawless days of anarchy. 
Mentis gratisslmus error. HoE. — " A most delightful 

reverie of the mind." See Fol me, &c. 
Mentis penPtrdlia. Claud. — " The inmost recesses of the 

mind." The secret thoughts of the heart. 
Meo sum pauper in cere. HoE. — " I am poor, but at my 

oijvn expense." Though I am poor, I am out of debt. 

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228 



MEE— MIH. 



Merces virtutis laus est. Prov. — " Praise is the reward of 
virtue." 

Merx ultronea putet. Frov. — " Proffered wares stink." 
Quoted by St. Jerome, and meaning that proffered ser- 
vices are despised. In either ease we are apt to suspect 
the sincerity of the person making the offer. 

Messe tenus propria vive. Pers. — " Live within your 

own harvest." Live within your means. 

Messis erant primis virtdes mortdlihus herh(S, 

Quas telltis nullo sollicitante dabat. Ovid. 

— " Green grass, which the earth yielded, unsolicited by 

man, was, to the first mortals, in place of harvest." 

Metlri se quemque suo modulo ac pede verum est. Hoe. — " It 
is just that every man should estimate himself by his own 
measure and standard." Stretch your arm no further 
than your sleeve will reach. 

Meum and tuum. — "Mine and thine." The "law of meum 
and tuum,'' means "the law of property;" in contra- 
distinction to what is called at the present day communism 
or socialism. 

Meum est proposttum in tabernd mori ; 
Vinum sit appositum morientis ori. 
— " In a house of carousal, well primed will I die, 
"With the cup to my lips, while expiring I lie." 

The commencement of the so-called drinking-song of 
Walter Mapes. It consists of some stanzas selected from 
his Qolice Confessio. 

Meus mihi, suns cuique est earns. Plaut. — " Mine is dear 
to me, and dear is his own to every man." 

Micat inter omnes. HoR. — " It shines above all." These 

words have been used as a punning inscription under 
the picture of a favourite cat. " My cat above all 
others." 

Mlgrdvit ah aure voluptas 

Omnis. Hon, 

— " All pleasure has fled fi*om the ear." Said in reference 
to those who preferred pantomimic exhibitions on the 
stage to the dialogue of the legitimate drama. 

Mihi forsan, tibi quod fiPgdvit, 
I^orrlget hora. HoB. 



MIH— MIN. 



229 



— " Time may, perhaps, extend to me that which it has 

denied to thee." 
Mihi istic nee serltur nee mHitur. Plaut. — " There is 

neither sowing nor reaping for me in this matter." 
Mihi res, non me rebus, subjungpre conor. Hob. 

— " I endeavour to make events submit to me, and not to 

submit myself to them." 
'Mihi tarda flaunt ingrdtaque tempora HoR. — " The 



time flies slowly and heavily to me." 

Mflitat omnis amans. Ovid. — " Every lover is a sol- 
dier." The lover requires vigilance, wariness, resolution, 
and fortitude. Ovid wrote his "Art of Love" to instruct 
in this kind of warfare. 

MiltticB species amor est. OviD. — " Love is a kind of war- 
fare." 

Mille dnimos excipe mille modis. OviD. — " Treat a thou- 
sand dispositions a thousand different ways." 

Mille hominum sprcies et rerum discolor usus ; 

Telle suum cuique est, nee voto vmtur una. Pers. 
— " There are a thousand kinds of men, and different hues 
in the colour of things ; each one follows his own inclin- 
ation, nor do they all agree in their desires." It is one 
of the most admirable dispensations of Providence, that 
the tastes of men are suited to the infinite variety of 
circumstances. See Quot homines, &c. 

Mille modi Venn-is. Ovid. " A thousand-fold are the 

ways of love." 

Mille trahens varios adverso sole colores. ViRO. — " Drawing 
a thousand colours from the opposite sun." Said of the 
rainbow. 

Millia frumenti tua trlvPrit area centum, 

Non tuus hoc cdpiet venter plus ac meus. HoR. 

— " Though your threshing-floor should yield a hundred 
thousand bushels of corn, your belly will none the more 
hold more than mine." 

Mindtur innocentlbus qui parcit nocenffbus. Coke. — " He 
threatens the innocent who spares the guilty." 

Minor est quam servu^, dominus qui servos timet. — " A master 
who fears his sen^ants is lower than a servant." He 
should take care therefore not to put himself in their 
power. 



230 



MIN— MIE. 



MIE— MIS. 



231 



— Minuentur atra 
Carmine curce. Hob. 
— " Black cares will be soothed by verse." 
-Minuit pr essentia famam. Claud. — " Our own pre- 



sence diminishes the exaggeration of report." See Majore 
longinquo, &c., and Vindictam^ &c. 

Minus ajPTtcit seiisus fatigdtio quam cogitdtio. Qtjint. — " Bo- 
dily fatigue affects the mind less than deep thought." 

Minus aptus acfitis 

Ndribus horum honunum. Hob, 

— " Not proof against the sharp-witted sneers of these 



men 



Minus in parvos fort una furit, 

Leviusque feHt leviora Deus. Sen. 

— " Fortune rages less against the humble, and Qod strikes 
more lightly the lowly." See the Fable of the Oak and 
the Thistle. 

Miniiti ' 

Semper et injlrmi est dmmi exiguique voluptas 

TTltio. Juv. 

— " Revenge is always the pleasure of a narrow, diseased, 
and little mind." Any person capable of thinking twice 
must see that no practical utility can result from the gra^ 
tification of revenge. 

MinHticB. — " Trifles." Meaning the most minute and trifling 
circumstances connected with any matter. 

MinUtula pluvia imhrem parit. Prov. — " Many little drops 
make a shower." " Many littles make a mickle," 

Mira cano ; sol occubuity nox nulla secUta est. — "Wonders 
I sing; the sun has set, no night has ensued." See Sol 
occubuit, &c. 

Mira qucedarn in cognoscendo stuivitas et delectntio. — " There is 
a certain wonderful gratification and delight in gaining 
knowledge." 

Mirdblle dictu. ViBG. — " Wonderful to be told." 

Mirdmur ex intervallo fallentia. Prov. — " We admire at a 
distance things which are deceptive." Both morally and 
physically the sight is often deceived by objects beheld 
from a distance. " 'Tis distance lends enchantment to 
the view." See Major e, &c., and Minuit prcesentia, &c. 

Mirantur tdclti, et dubio pro fulmine pendent. Statius. — 



" In silence they are amazed, and stand in expectation of 
the thunderbolt, doubtful where it shall fall." 

Miris modis Di ludos fnciunt homlnibus ; 

Mirisque exemplis somnia in somnis danunt. Platjt. 

— " In wondrous ways do the gods make sport of men ; and 

in wondrous fashions do they send dreams in sleep." 

Misce stultitiam consiliis brevem. Hob. — " Mingle a little 
gaiety with your grave pursuits." " Be merry and 



wise 



Misera est magni custodia census. Jfv. — " The charge 

of a great estate is a misery." If the duties of the owner 
are properly attended to they will entail labour, if neg- 
lected he must make up his mind to be robbed. 

Misera est servifu^ ubijus est aut vagum aut incogmtum. Law 
Max. — " Servitude is a wretched state where the law is 
either undefined or unknown." 

Misera mors sdpienti non potest acddere. Cic. — " A wretch- 
ed death cannot fall to the lot of a wise man." To him 
death, in whatever shape, will be welcome. 

Mtseram pacem vel bello bene mutdri. Tacit. — " A peace 
that is productive of wretchedness, may be profitably ex- 
changed for war." The one is a certain evil, from the 
other good may result. 

Mtseri, quibu^ 

Intentdta nites. Hob. 

— " Wretched are they to whom you, untried, seem fair ! " 
They will be sadly duped on finding your beauty accom- 
panied by deceit and ingratitude. 

Misericordia Domini inter pontem et fontem. St. Augustin. 
— " Between bridge and stream the Lord's mercy may be 
found." True repentance, though at the last moment, 
will find favour in the sight of God. 

• Miseris succurrere disco. Vibg. — " I have learned to 

succour the wretched." See Haud ignara, &c. 

Miserrlma est fortuna qu(B inim'ico caret. Stb. — " Most 
wretched is the fortune of him who has not an enemy.** 
Meaning that to be envied by none, a man must be low 
down in the world indeed. 

—-^••Miserrlma isthcec miseria est servo bonOy 

Apud hervm qui vera loquitur , si id vi verum vinc^tur. 

Plaut. 



232 



MIS— MIT. 



— " It is the greatest of misfortunes to a good servant, 
who is telling the truth to his master, if that same truth is 
overpowered by violence." 
Miserrimuin est timere cum speres nihil. Sen. — " It is a most 
wretched thing to be in dread, when you have nothing to 
hope for." 

MisPrum est aliend vivPre quadra. Juv. — " Wretched 
is it to live at the expense of another." 
•MsPrum est aliorum incumbPre famce. 



J^e collapsa ruant subductis tecta columnis. Jut. 
— " It is wretched to be dependent on another's fame ; the 
chance is, that the props by which you are supported will 
be withdrawn, and the roof come tumbling down in one 
common ruin." 
■M^sPrum est opuSj 



Igltur demum fdPrepPdeum^ uhi sitis fauces tenet. Plaut. 
— " It is a shocking thing to have to dig a well at the last 
moment, just when thirst has seized your throat." The 
disadvantage of having deferred till the last moment a 
matter of vital importance. 

MisPrum isfuc verbum et pesslmum est, 

Hdbuisse, et nihil habi^re. Plaut. 

— " A shocking expression that, and a most grievous one, 
* I had, and I have not.' " 

Mi tie ambos nudos ad ignotos, et vidPhis. — " Send them 
both naked among strangers, and then you will see." The 
old rule (attributed by Bacon, in his Apophthegms, to 
"one of the philosophers,") for knowing a fool from a 
wise man. See the Fable of Simonides preserved from 
Shipwreck, in Phaedrus. 

Mitte hanc de pectdre curam. YiEO. — " Dismiss these 

anxieties from your breast." 

Mitte superba pati fasti dia, spemque cadHcam 
DPsplce ; vive tibi, nam mdrifre tibi. Sen. 

— " Cease to endure a patron's proud insolence, and de- 
spise all transitory hopes ; live for yourself, for for your- 
self you will die." 

Mittimus. Law Term. — " We send." A writ for the re- 
moval of records from one court to another, also a precept 
in writing, under which a person accused of a crime is com- 
mitted to prison by a justice of the peace. 



MOB— MOL. 



233 



MohUis et varia est ferme natura malorum. Juv. — " The 
nature of evils is generally variable and changing." 

Mobilitute viget, viresque acqulrit eundo. Vieg. — " It lives 
by moving, and gains strength as it goes." Said with 
reference to the activity of Eumour, which gains strength 
as it travels. 

Mobilium turba QuirJtium. HoR. — " A crowd of fickle 

citizens." The mob, so called from their mobilitas, or fickle- 
ness. 

Moderdri ammo et ordtioni, cum sis irdtus, non mediocris in- 
gPnii est. Cic. — " To keep the mastery over your indig- 
nation and language, when you are angry, is no mean 
efibrt of the mind." 

Moderdta durant. Sen. — "Things enjoyed in moderation 
last long." Whereas excess entails speedy exhaustion. 

Modeste tamen et circumspecto jud7cio de tantis viris pronun- 
ciandum est, ne, quod plerisque accidit, damnent qucs non 
intelVigunt. Quintill. — " AVe should, however, pronounce 
our opinions with reserve and cautious judgment, con- 
cerning such eminent men, lest, as is the case with many, 
we should be condemning what we do not understand." 

Modestia famed neque summis mortdlibus spernenda est. Tacit. 
— " Fame is not to be despised by even the most eminent 
of men, if sought with modesty." A high reputation is a 
legitimate object of ambition so long as it is sought by 
fair means. 

Modo me Thebis, modo ponit Athenis. Hob. — " He now 

places me at Thebes, now at Athens." Said of a dramatic 
writer, whose art and talent enable him to carry his audi- 
ence along with him whenever he changes the scene. 

Modus omnibus in rebus optmum est hdbltu. Plaut. — " A 
medium is best to be observed in all things." See Est 
modus, &c. 

Modus operandi. — " The mode of operation." The way in 
which a thing is done. 

Molesta et importfma salutantium frequenfia. — " A trouble- 
some and annoying crowd of persons paying their court." 

Molle meum IPvibus cor est violdbUe telis. Ovid. — " My ten- 
der heart is vulnerable by his light arrows." In allusion 
to the darts of Cupid. 

Mollia temporafandi. Hoe. — " The favourable moment 



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for speaking." There is a season for everytliing, and 

among them, for asking a favour. 
Mollis educdtio nervos omnes et mentis et corporis frangit. 

Quint. — " An effeminate education weakens all the powers 

both of mind and body." 
Mollis in ohsPquium facilisque roganfihus esses. Ovid. — 

" You should be kindly obsequious and yielding to any 

entreaties." 
Mollisstma corda 

Htcmdno gPneri dare se ndtura fatitur, 

QucB Idchrymas dedit. JuT. 

— " Nature confesses that she has bestowed on man a most 

susceptible heart, in that she has granted tears." 
Molliter austero studio fallente labOrem. HoE. — " While 

your eagerness in the pursuit beguiles fatigue." 
Molltter ossa cuhent. Ovid. — " Softly may his bones 

repose." 
'Momento mare vertttur ; 



Eddem die ubi luserunt, ndv^gia sorhentur. 
— " In a moment the sea is changed, and on the same day 
on which they have gaily sported along, ships are swallowed 
up." Human life and the lot of the sailor are equally 
subject to vicissitudes. 
■Monltij meliora sequdmur. ViEG. — "Advised, let us 



follow better counsels." 

Mons cum monte non miscehltur. JProv. — " Mountain will 
not mingle with mountain." Haughty persons will rarely 
agree. 

Mgns particrlhaf, gPm7tus immdnes cienSy 
JErafque in terris maxima expectation 

At ille murem p^pPrit. Ph^d. 

— "A mountain was in labour, sending forth dreadful 
groans, and there was in the districts the highest expecta- 
tion. But after all, it brought forth a mouse." See Far* 
turiunt montes, &c. 

Monstra evPnfrunt mihi ! 

Introiit in cedes ater aWnus canis ! 
Anguis per impluvium dec7dit de tPgiilis ! 

GaWna c<^cmit I Teb. 

— " Prodigies have befallen us ! A strange black dog 
came into the house ! a snake came down £om the tiles 



through the sky-light! a hen crowed!" All these were 
bad omens with the ancients. 

Monstrum horrendum, informe, ingens^ cui lumen ademptum, 
ViEG. — " A monster horrible, misshapen, huge, and de- 
prived of his eye." The description given by Virgil of the 
Cyclops Polyphemus, after his one eye had been put out 
by Ulysses with a red-hot spit. 

Monstrum nulla virtute redemptum 

A vitiis. Juv. 

— " A monster whose vices are not redeemed by a single 
virtue." 

Mora omnis odio est, sed facit snpientiam. Stb. — " All delay 
is distasteful, but it produces wisdom." 

Morbi perniciores sunt dnimi quam corporis. Cic. — " The 
diseases of the mind are more hurtful than those of the 
body." 

More majorum. — " After the manner of our ancestors." 

More suo. — " After his usual manner." 

Mores deteriores increbrescunt, nee qui amici, qui injideles sint, 
pemoscas. Platjt. — " Bad manners gain apace, nor can 
you distinguish who are your friends, and who are false to 

Mores dispdres dispdria studia sequuntur. Cic. — " Persons 
of different manners follow different pursuits." " Every 
man to his taste." See Non omnia, &c. 

Mores multorum vidit. Hoe. — " He saw tbe man- 
ners of many men." Said of Ulysses. 

Mori est fellcis, anteqv^m mortem invocet. Ste. — " He who 
dies before he calls for death is a happy man." 

Moridmur, et in media arma rudmus. Vieg. — " Let us 

die, and rush into the thick of the fight." See Hysteron 
proteron. 

Moribus antJquis staf Boma. — " Rome stands by her ancient 
manners." The stability of the Roman republic was 
based on the simplicity of the manners of its citizens, and 
their resistance to all innovations. 

Moribus et forma conciliandus amor. OviD. — "Pleasing 
manners and good looks conciliate love." 

Mors etfugdcem persPqwtur viruMf 
Nee parcit imbellis juventcB 
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— " Death pursues the man as he flies, nor spares the 
trembling knees of the unwarlike youth, or his timid 
back." The impartial advance of death, who strikes down 
all before him, the coward equally with the brave. 
Mors et vita in mambus Ungues. JProv. — " Life and death 

are in the hands of the tongue." 
Morsjdnua vita. — " Death is the gate of life," i. e. of ever- 
lasting life. 
Mors ommhus communis. — " Death is the common lot of all." 

Mors sola fat etur 

Quantdla sint hdmlnum corpuscula. Juv. 

— " Death alone discloses how insignificant are the puny 
bodies of us men." Death, the universal leveller, shows 
the emptiness of human pride and ambition, and the feeble- 
ness of man. 

Mors ultma llnea rerum est. HoR. — " Death is the 

closing limit of human affairs." 
MortdJia acta nunquam Deos falhint. — " The deeds of man 
never deceive the gods." 

Mortdlia facta perlbunt ; 

Nedum> sermonum stat honos et gratia vivax, 
Multa renascentur quce jam cPcidere, cadentque 
Qucd nunc sunt in honore vocdbula, si volet usus, 
Quern penes arUtrium est, etjus, et norma loquendi. HoE. 
— " Mortal works must perish ; much less can the honour 
and elegance of language be long-lived. Many words 
shall revive which have now fallen into disuse, and many 
shall fall into disuse which are now esteemed, if it is the 
will of custom, in whose power is the decision, and the 
right to form the standard of correct speaking." 
Mortdlis nemo est, quern non attingai dolor morbusqtie. — 
" There is no mortal being whom grief and disease cannot 
reach." 

Mortalitdte relictd vivit immortalitdte indfiius. — "Mortality 
left behind, he lives clothed in immortality." 

Mortem Parca qfert, opes rursus ac facultdtes aufert. — " Fate 
brings death, and deprives us of wealth and riches." 

Mortua manus. Law Te?nw.—" Mortmain." Lands which 
were transferred to ecclesiastical corporations, and thereby 
became inalienable and not liable to secular services, were 
said to be, so far as the community at large was concexned, 



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placed in mortua manu, " in a dead man's hand." There 
is, however, some doubt as to the origin of the term. 

Mortuis non conviciandum. Frov.—'' We must not speak ill 
of the dead." See De mortuis, &c. 

Mortuo leoni et Ppores insultant. Frov.--" Even hares insult 
a dead lion." It is only a poor-spirited creature that will 
insult departed greatness. See the Fable of the Aged 
Lion and the Ass, in Phsedrus, B. i. E. 21. 

Mortuumflagellas. Frov.—'' You are beating a dead man." 
Said to one who reproves a man incorrigibly wicked. 

Mortum per somnum vacdbis curis. " Having dreamed that 
you are dead you will be free from care." This was a 
current opinion of the ancient Grreeks, and still prevails 
with some superstitious persons. 

Mos est oblivisci homMbus, neque novisse, cujus nihUi sit 

fdciunda gratia. PlaUT.— " It is the fashion for persons 
to forget and not to know him whose favour is esteemed 
as worth nothing." 

Mos pro lege. Law Max.—'' Usage for law." Long estab- 
lished usage is the basis of our common law. 

Motm in fine velocior. — " Motion, towards its conclusion, is 
more swift." The law of falling bodies. 

Movet corniciila risum 

Furtlvis nitddta coloribus. HoR. 

« The crow, deprived of its stolen colours, excites our 

laughter." A picture of the detected hypocrite or brag- 
gart. 

MugUus IdbyrintU. Frov.—'' The roaring of the labyrinth." 
A phrase used at Eome, to signify any common topic or 
hackneyed subject; this being a favourite theme with 
wretched poets. 

Mulgere hircum. Frov.—'' To milk a he-goat." To attempt 
an impossibility. 

Miilier ciipldo qvod dicit amanti, 

In vento et rapUd scribere oportet aqud. Catull. 
— " What a woman says to an anxious lover, ought to be 
written on the winds and the water as it swiftly flows." 
In allusion to the fickleness of the fair sex ; but more 
particularly the fair sex of ancient Eome. 

Miilier profecto nata est ex ipsa mcrd. Platjt.— " Woman 
is surely born of tardiness itself." 



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Mulier qucs sola cogitat male cogitat. JProv. — "A woman 
who meditates alone, meditates to evil purpose." 

Mulier turn bene olet ubi nihil olet. Plaut. — " A womai 
smells sweetly, when she smells of nothing at all." 

Multa cadunt inter cdlicem supremaque labra. Labee.- 
" Many things fall between the cup and the edge of the 
lips." To the same purpose as our favourite proverb, 
" There is many a slip 
*Twixt the cup and the lip." 

Multa dies, vnrittsque labor mutdbUis cevi, 
RPtalit in melius ; multos alterna revisens 
ImsH, et in soltdo rursus fort una locdvit. Yirg. 
— " The lapse of time, and the varying revolutions of 
changing years, have improved many things, and capricious 
fortune, after many changes, has placed them once again 
on a solid basis." In allusion to the changing destinies 
of states, and the transitions from anarchy to peace and 
order. 

Multa diilque tuli : vitiis patient ia victa est. Ovid. — " Much 
and long time have I suffered ; by your faults is my pa- 
tience overcome." 

Multa docet fames. JProv. — " Hunger teaches many things." 
To the same effect as "^Necessity is the mother of inven- 
tion." 

Multa et prcecldra minantis. HoE. — " Threatening things 

many and great." Of great and wondrous promise. 

Multa ferunt anni venientes commoda secum ; 

Multa recedentes adimunt. HoE. 

— " Our years as they advance bring with them many 
advantages ; as they recede they take many away." Our 
early years are gilded by the pleasures of hope and antici- 
pation : our declining ones are embittered either by satiety 
or disappointment. 

Multa gemens. Virg. — " Deeply lamenting." Said of one 
who relates a sorrowful tale. 

Multa me docuit ttsus, magister egregius. Plin. the Younger. 
— " Necessity, that excellent master, hath taught me many 
things." 

Multa novit vulpes, sedfelis unum magnum. Prov. — " A fox 
knows many things, but a cat one great thing." Said by 
the cat, who could climb the tree and so escape the hounds, 



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while the bragging fox could only run for it. See Ars 
varia, &c. 

Multa petentWus 

Desunt multa. Hoe. 

— " Those who desire much are in want of much." The 
number of our wants (not our necessities) is in proportion 
to the extent of our desires. 

Multa prceter spem scio multis bona evenisse. Plaut. — " I 
know that many a lucky thing has happened to many a 
one beyond his hopes." 

Multa quidem scripsi ; sed quce vitiosa putdvi, 

EmenddtHris igmbtis ipse dedi. Ottd. 

— " Much did I write ; but what I considered faulty I 

myself committed to the all-correcting flames." 

Multa rogant utenda dari ; data reddPre nolunt. Otid. — 
" They ask for many a sum to be lent them ; but when 
it is lent they are loth to repay." 

Multa senem circumveniunt incommoda. — " Many inconve- 
niences surround the aged man." 

Multa vidPmus 

Qu(S miser et frugi non fecit Ap'icius. Jirv. 

— " We see many things which even Apicius (mean and 
stingy compared with him) never was guilty of." 

Multa viri nequicquam inter se vulnera jactanty 
Multa cavo Idteri ingPmlnant, et pectore vastos 
• Bant sonitus ; err at que aures et tempora circum 
Orebra manus : duro crepitant sub vulnPre malw. ViEG. 
— " The men deal many blows to one another with erring 
aim, and many redouble on their hollow sides ; from their 
breasts the thumps resound, and round their ears and 
temples thick blows at random fly ; their jaws crack be- 
neath the heavy hits." 

MultcB manus onus leoius faciunt. Frov.—" Many hands 
make a burden light." 

Multce terricolis Ungues, coelestlbus una.^" The inhabitants of 
earth have many tongues, those of heaven but one." A 
much quoted line, written by the late Eev. H. Carey of 
the British Museum. 

Multdrum palmdrum causidwus. — "A pleader who has gained 

many victories." 
MuUas amicitias silentium dvremit. Frov.—'' Silence severs 



m 



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MUL. 



241 



many friendships." It requires considerable energy and 
warmth of feeling long to maintain a correspondence with 
friends at a distance. See Non sunt amici, &c. 

Multi adorantur in ard qui cremantur in igne. 8t. Augustin. 
— " Many are worshipped at altars, who are burning in 
flames." Not every man that has been canonized is 
really a saint. 

Multi 

Committunt eadem diverso criminafato. Juv. 

— " Many men commit the same crimes, with very different 

fates." See Hie crucem^ &c. 

Multi more isto atque exemplo virunt, quos cum censeas 

Esse dmicos, rPphnuntur falso falsimoniis. Plaitt. 

— " Many live after this manner and method ; when you 
think them to be your friends, they are found to be false 
with their deceitfulness." 

Multi multa, netno o^nnia novit. CoKE. — " Many people know 
many things, no one everything." 

{Multi) nil recttim nisi quod pldcuit sibi ducunt. IIoR. — 
" Many esteem nothing right, but what pleases them- 
selves." 

Multi si pauca rogdhunt^ 

Postmodo destipidd grand is acervus erit. OviD. 

— " If many ask for but a little, very soon will a heap be 

formed from the gleanings." " Many littles make a 

mickle." 

Multi te oderint si feipsum ames. — " Many will hate you if 
you love yourself." Selfishness and self-love beget hatred 
and contempt. 

Multi tristantur post delieias, convlvia, diesfestos. — "Many per- 
sons feel dejected after pleasures, banquets, and holidays." 

Mult is commoditdtlhus et elegant iis, suas cedes commodiores 
aptidresque fecit. Cic. — " By many appliances and* ele- 
gancies, he has rendered his house more commodious and 
convenient." 

Multis ille bonis JlPbllis occldit 

Nulli Jitbllior quam tibi HoR. 

— " He died lamented by many good men, by none more 
lamented than by thee." 

Multis mindtur, qui uni facit injuriam. Syr. — " He who 
injures one, threatens many." 






Multis pardsse dlvitias non finis miser idr um fuit, sed mutdtio; 
non est in rebus vitivm sed in ammo. Sen. — " To have be- 
come possessed of riches, is, to many, not the end of their 
miseries, but a change in them ; the fault is, not in the 
riches, but in the disposition." 
Multis terribilis caveto multos. AusoN. — " If you are terri- 
ble to many, then beware of many." The nimiber of your 
enemies is proportionably increased. 
Multitddmem decern fdciunt. Coke. — " Ten make a mul- 
titude." 
Multo melius ex sermone quam lineamentis, de nwribus hdm7' 
numjudicdre. — " It is much better to judge of men's cha- 
racters from their words than their features." 
Multo plures satietas quam fames perdldit viros. — " Surfeit 

has killed many more men than hunger." 
Multorum annorum opus. — " The labour of many years." 
Multorum mdntbtis arande levdtur opus. — " By the hands of 
many a great work is made easy." See Multce manus, &c. 
Multos castra juvantf et lituo tub<e 
Permistus somtuSj bellaque mdtribus 

Detestdta. HoR. 

— " The camp, and the sound of the trumpet mingled with 
that of the clarion, and war, detested by mothers, have 
delights for many." 
Multos ingrdtos inventmus, plures facYmus. Prov. — " "We find 
many men ungrateful ; we make still more." By throwing 
the opportunity of showing themselves ungrateful in the 
way 01 undeserving persons. 

Multos in summapericUla misit 

Venturi timor ipse mali. LuCAi^'. 

— " The very fear of approaching evil has driven many into 
peril." See Incidit in Scgllam, &c. 
Multos qui conflictdri adversis videantur, bedtos ; ac plerosque, 
quanqitam magnas per opes^ miserrimos ; si illi gravemfor- 
tiinam constanter tolerent, hi prosperd inconsulte utantttr. 
Tacit. — " Many who appear to be struggling against ad- 
versity, are happy ; and more, although possessed of great 
wealth, are most wretched. The former support their 
adverse fortune with firmness, the latter inconsiderately 
abuse their prosperity." 
Multos timere debet quern multi timent. Str. — " He of 



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whom many are afraid has reason to be afraid of many. 
See Mult is terribilis, &c. 
•Multum abludit imago. HoE. — " The picture is most lu 



dicrously unlike." 
Multum demissus homo. Hon. — " An extremely reserved 



man. 



Multum habet jucunditdtis soli coelique mutdtio. Pliny the 
Younger. — " Change of soil and climate is productive of 
considerable pleasure . ' ' 

Multum ille periclitdtur, qui in negotiationem maritimam pe- 
cuniam impendit suam. — " He runs many risks who expends 
his money on maritime speculations." 

Multum in parvo. — " Much in little." Much in a little com- 
pass. A compendium. 

Multum sapit qui non diu desipit. Prov. — " He is very wise 
who does not long persist in folly." This is said, taking 
into consideration the limited extent of the human powers 
of discernment. 

Multum te opinio fallit. Cic. — " Your opinion is extremely 
fallacious." 

Mundceque parvo sub lare pauperum 
Coena, sine aulceis et ostro, 

Sollicitam explicuere frontem. Hob. 
— " A cleanly meal in the little cottage of the poor has 
smoothed an anxious brow, without hangings and pur- 
ple." 

MunditicB^ et orndtus^ et cultus, hcec foemindrum insignia sunt, 
his gaudent ei gloriantur. LiVY. — " Neatness, ornament, 
and dress, are distinctions peculiar to women; in these 
they delight and glory." 

Munditiis cdpwiur. OviD. — " We are captivated by 

neatness." 

Mundus scena, vita transitus^ venisti^ vidisti, dbiisti. — " This 
world is a stage, and life your walk across ; you have come, 
you have seen, you are gone." 

Mundus universus exercet histrionem. Peteon. Aeb. — " All 
men practise the player's art." So Shakspeare — 
" All the world 's a stage. 
And all the men and women merely players." 

As You Like It. 

Munera acctpit frequens^ remittit nunquam. Plaut. — " He 



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often receives presents, but never makes them in re- 
turn." 

MUnerum animus opfimus est. JProv. — " Goodwill is the best 

of gifts." The goodwill of the giver constitutes the real 

value of the gift. 
Munus Apolline dignum-. Hob. — " A present worthy of 

Apollo." A compliment to a meritorious poem. 
Munus orndre verbis. Tee. — " To enhance the value of a 

present by one's words." To double the value of a gift 

by the grace with which it is presented. 
Muri coctiles. Ovid.— "Walls of brick;" and not "cock- 
tailed mice," a translation facetiously sugsrested in the 

" Art of Pluck." 
Mus in pice. — " A mouse in pitch." A man who is always 

immersed in useless researches : Swift's dirty philosopher 

of Lagado in " GruUiver's Travels," for instance. 
Mus non uni fidet antro. Plaut. — " The mouse does not 

trust to one hole only." 
Musceo contingere cuncta lepore. Luceet. — " To touch 

upon everything with a lively wit." 
Mustelam habes. JProv. — " Tou have a weasel (in your 

house)." To meet a weasel was considered an omen of 

misfortune. 
Mutatis mutandis. — " Changing what should be changed." 

A. warrant made out against B will do for E, mutatis mv^ 

tandisy i. e. changing one name for the other. 
Mutdto nomine, de te 

Fabiila narrdtur. Hoe. 

— " Change but the name, the story 's told of you." Such 

was the gist of Nathan's parable to David. 
Mutidna cautio. — "The quirks" or "cozenage of Mutius." 

In allusion to Mutius Scaevola, the great Roman lawyer. 
Mutum est pictura poema. — " A picture is a poem without 

words." See Si poema, Sl>c., and Ut pictura poesis, &c. 



N. 



N. B. See 2^ota bene. 

NcB amicum castigdre ab merttam noxiam 

Immune est f acinus. Platjt. 

R 2 



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— " To reprove one's friend for a fault that deserves it, is 

decidedly a thankless task/' 
N(jpvia sex cydtliis^ septem Justlna hibdtur. Maet. — "Let 

Naevia be toasted with six cups, Justina with seven." 
2iam honum consiliwm surripUur scppissime^ 

Si minus cum curd aut cote locus loquendi lectus est. Plaut. 

— " For a well-devised plan is very often filched away, if 

the place for deliberating has not been chosen with care or 

caution." 
iVaw curiostis nemo est, quin idem sit Tnalevolus. Plaut. — 

" For no person is a busy-body, but he is iU-natured as 

well." 
Nam de millefdbcB modiis dum surrtpis unum^ 

Damnum est, nonfacmus, mihi pacto lenity isto. Hob. 

— " Por when from a thousand bushels of beans you steal 

a single one, the loss to me is trifling, but none the less 

is the crime on your part." Although the law does not 

take cognizance of extreme trifles, still, morally speaking, 

if there is the animus furandij "the intention to steal," 

the guilt is the same. 
Nam ego ilium periisse duco, cui quidem periit pudor. Plaut. 

" For I consider that man to be lost who is lost to 

shame." 
Nam et majorum instituta tueri, sacris cerimoniisque retinendis, 

sapientis est. — " For it is the part of a wise man to defend 

the institutions of his forefathers, and uphold the sacred 

rites and ceremonies." 
Nam et stultefacere et stulte fdhuldrierj 

Utrumque in cetdte hand honum est. Plaut. 

— " For to act unwisely and to talk unwisely, are neither 

of them profitable at times." 
Nam m^ora dat vires, teneras mora percoquit uvas ; 

Et vdltdas segetes, quodfuit herha,facit. Ovid. 

— "For time supplies strength; time thoroughly ripens 

the tender grapes ; and it makes that into standing com 

which was before only blades of grass." 
Nam non est verisimile hominem pauper em 

JBauxillum parvi facer e, quin nummum petat. Plaut, 

— " For it is not very likely that a poor man would despise 

ever such a trifle, and not be glad of a piece of money." 
Nam nunc mores nihil fdciunt quod licet, nisi quod luhei. 



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Plaut. — " For now-a-days it is the fashion to reckon of 
no value what is proper, but only what is agreeable." 

Nam pro jucundis aptissima quwque dabunt Dt; 

Cdrior est illis homo quam sihi. Juv. 

— " For the gods will bestow what is most suitable, rather 
than what is agreeable ; man is more dear to them than 
he is to himself." 

Nam qui injuste impetum in quempiam facit, aut ird, aut an- 
qud perturbdtione incitdtus, is quasi manus afferre videtur 
socio. Cic. — " For when a man, in the heat of anger, or 
agitated by some other cause, makes an attack upon an- 
other unjustly, it would seem as though he had laid hands 
upon an aUy." Because man is a social animal. 

Nam sapiens quidem pol ipsius Jingit 

Fortunum sihi. Plaut. 

— " The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for 

himself." 

Nam scelus intra se taciturn qui cogitat ullum 

Facti crimen habet. Juv. 

— " For he who secretly meditates a crime within himself, 
has aU the guilt of the deed." The animus, and not the 
act, constitutes the crime ; although the laws of man can 
only take cognizance of the animus when manifested by 
the act. 

Nam vttiis nemo sine nascUur ; optimus ille est, 

Qui minimis urgetur. HoB. 

— " For no man is bom without faults ; he is the best 
who is beset by the fewest." 
Namque inscltia est 



Adversum stimulum calces. Teb. 

" For it is mere folly to kick against the spur." So in 

Acts ix. 5, the Lord says to Saul, " It is hard for thee 
to kick against the pricks ;" i. e. to resist a superior power 
which has you under its control. 

Narrdtur et prisci Catonis 

Sape mero cdluisse virtus. Hob. 

— " It is said that the virtues even of old Cato were often 

warmed by wine." Said in allusion to the rigid Cato, the 

Censor. 

Nascentes morimur, finisque ah orlglne pendet. Maitll. 



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247 



" We are bom to die, and our end is the necessary con- 
sequence of our birth." 

Nascimur poet(S,fimtts ordtores. Cic. — " "We are bom poets, 
we become orators." Poetical genius is a gift, but oratory 
may be acquired by education and perseverance. Witness 
the instance of Cicero, who in vain tried to become a poet, 
and of Demosthenes, who by perseverance became the 
greatest of orators. See Poeta nascitur, &c. 

Ndtio comceda est. Juv. — " The nation is a company of 
players." 

Natis in usum IcetiticB scyphis 

Pugndre Thracum est ; toUite harhdrum 

Morem. Hoe. 

— " To quarrel over your cups, which were made to promote 
good fellowship, is like the Thracians : away with a habit so 
barbarous." The battles of the Centaurs and Lapithae, 
the near neighbours of the Thracians, commenced in a 
drunken brawl. 
'Natos adjlumina primum 



Beferimus^ scdvoque gelu durdmus et undis. YiBO. 
— " Our infants, as soon as bom, we convey to the rivers, 
and harden them in the freezing ice and waves." 
-Natura bedtis 



Ommbus esse dedit^ si quis cognoverit uti. Claud. 
— " Nature has given unto all to be happy, if each did but 
know how to make a proper use of her gifts." The same 
objects and opportunities may be blessings or curses to 
us, according as they are used. 

Natura dedit usuram vitce tanquam pecunice nulla prastitutd 
die, Cic. — " Nature has bestowed life on us, at interest, 
like money, no day being fixed for its recall." 

Natura ipsa valere, et mentis vlrWus excitdri, et quasi quodatn 
divino spiritu affldri. Cic.—" To be endowed with strength 
by nature, to be impelled by the powers of the mind, and 
to be inspired by a certain divine spirit as it were." A 
recital of the endowments of true genius. 

Natura naturans — natura naturdta. — " Nature formative — 
nature formed." The two ultimate principles of the 
Dualistic Philosophy are technically so called. 

NatHra non dat virtutem ; nascimur quidem ad hoc, sed sine 



hoc. Cic.—" Nature does not bestow virtue ; we are born 
indeed to it, but without it." 

Natura ! quam te coUmus inv'iti quoque. Sek.— -" O nature ! 
how much do we worship thee, however unwilling ! " 

Natura tenacissimi sumus eorum qucs pueri percipimus, ut 
sapor, quo nova vasa imhuuntur, durat. Sen. — " We are 
naturally most tenacious of those impressions which we 
receive in childhood, just as a flavour remains in those 
vessels with which they were imbued when new." 

Naturdlem quamdam voluptdtem habent lusus jocusque ; at 
eorum frequens usus omne animis pondus, omnemque vim 
ertpit. Sen.—" There is a certain delight in pleasantry 
and jesting; but a too frequent use of them deprives the 
mind of all weight and vigour." 

Naturam expellas fared, tamen usque recurret. Hoe.— 
" Though you should check Nature by force, she will still 

resume her sway." u k f -4.1,1 

Naufrdgium rerum est mulier malefida marito. — " A taithless 
wife is the shipwreck of her husband's fortunes." These 
words were quoted by WUliam the Conqueror to his wife 
Matilda, on finding that she encouraged his son Robert m 
his rebellious designs. 

Nauseanti stomdcho effluunt omnia.—'' Everythmg is thrown 
oft' from a sick stomach." 

Ndvibus atque 

Quadrlgis pettmus bene vtvere. Hoe. 

— " With the help of ships and chariots we endeavour to 
make ourselves happy." By moving from place to place. 

Ne ad aures quidem scalpendas otium est. Prov. — " He has 
not time even to scratch his ears." 

Ne jEsopum quidem trivit. Prov.—'' He has not so much 
as thumbed ^sop." Said of a person extremely illiterate ; 
the Fables of ^sop being among the ancients an elementarj^ 
school book. ^ 

iV^ cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. Vieg. — xiela 

not to misfortunes, but meet them with still greater firm- 
ness." The first three words are the motto of the Earl of 
Albemarle. 

Ne cuivis dextram injeceris. Prov.—" Don't give your right 
hand to every one." Use discrimination in the selection 
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2ie depugnes in alieno negotio. JProv. — " Fight not in an- 
other person's concerns." 
Ne exeat regno. Law Term. — " Let him not leave the king- 
dom." A writ issued by the courts of Equity to prevent a 
person from leaving the kingdom without the royal licence. 
Ne glddium tollas, mulier. Frov. — " Woman, do not wield 
the sword." Persons should not wield " edged tools," 
which they know not how to use. 
Ne Hercules quidem contra dttos. ArL. Gel. — " Not Her- 
cules even could struggle against two." 
Ne intelUgis, domine? "Don't you understand, good sir?" 

See Love's Labour's Lost, Act V. sc. 1. 
Ne Jupiter quidem omnibus placet. Prov. — " Not Jupiter 

himself can please everybody." 
Ne mente quidem recte uti possHmus, multo cibo et potione 
completi. Cic. — " We cannot use the mind aright when 
filled with much food and drink." 
Ne mihi continqant quae volo, sed quae sunt utilia. — "Let 
those things happen to me, not which I most wish, but 
which are most for my good." 
Ne negUgas amlcttiw consuetudinem, out violes jura ejusdem. 
— " You must not omit the usages of friendship, or violate 
the rights thereof." 

Ne non procumbat honeste, 

JSxtrema hcec etiam cura cadentis erat. OviD. 
— " That she might fall in no unseemly manner — this was 
her care even as she died." Said of Lucretia when about 
to stab herself. 
Neplus ultra.—"' No farther." " This is my ne plus ultra''— 
much the same as This is my ultimatum, (or, as the news- 
papers have it at the present day, my ultimatissimum,) — 
"beyond this I will not go." 
Ne prcssentem aquam effundas, priusquam aliam sis adeptus. 
Prov. — " Do not throw away the water you have, until 
you have got more." Do not throw away a present advan- 
tage for a problematical one. 
Ne prius antidutum quam venenum. Prov. — " Don't take 
the antidote before the poison." Do not exculpate your- 
self before you are accused. 
Ne, pueri, ne tanta animi^ assuesctie bella ; 

Neu patricB vdUdas in viscera vertUe vires. Visa. 



— " Do not, my sons, accustom your minds to such cruel 
wars, nor turn your mighty strength against the vitals of 
your country." 

Ne puero glddium. Prov.—" Do not give a child a sword. 
Let every person act in his proper sphere of life. 

Ne, pulvis et cinis, svperbe te geras, 
Omnipotentis ne fuhnina feras. 

— " Dust and ashes, be not elate with pride, lest the bght- 
nings of the Omnipotent should reach thee." The com- 
menting lines of a Sequence used by the Eomish Church. 

Ne qua meis esto dictis mora Vieg.— " Let there be no 

delay in the execution of my injunctions." 

Ne quid abjecte, ne quid tlmide facias. Cic— "Do nothing 
meanly, nothing timidly." 

Ne quid detrimenti respublica capiat.—'' That the republic 
shall receive no detriment." The injunction given at 
ancient Eome to the Dictator, when invested with the 
supreme authority. ^ 

Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. Cic. — 
" Let him not dare to say anything that is false, nor let 
him fear to say what is true." Advice given to an his- 
torian. 1 . 5, Tk 

Ne quid nimis. Tee.—" Not too much of anything. Do 
nothing to excess. See Id arbitror, &c. 

Ne scuticd dignum hornbili sect ere flag ello. Hoe.—" Do not 
punish with an unmerciful scourge that which is only de- 
serving of the whip." The censure of the satirist, as well as 
of every one that reproves, should be proportionate to 

the fault. 

Ne sibi deesset in lis angustiis. Cic— "Lest, in circum- 
stances of such great difficulty, he should be found want- 
ing to himself." 

Ne sus Minervam. Prov.— " A pig must not talk to Mi- 
nerva." Ignorant persons must not censure those wiser 
than themselves. 

Ne sutor ultra crepidam.—" Let not the shoemaker go be- 
yond his last." Words addressed by Apelles to a shoe- 
maker, who pointed out errors in a slipper painted in one of 
his pictures; but when he was proceeding to criticise other 
parts of the painting, he was met by the artist with this 
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JSFe te longis ambdgihus ultra 

Quam satis est mover. HoE. 

— " That I may not, by a long circumlocution, delay you 

longer than is necessary." 
Ne tentes, aut perfice. Prov.—'^ Attempt not, or achieve." 
iVc verba pro farJnd, Prov. — "Don't give me words for 

meal." Similar to our expression, " Sweet words butter no 

parsneps." 
Nee hellua tetrior ulla est, 

Quam servi rabies in libera tergafurentis. Claud. 

— " No monster is there more baneful, than the fury of a 

slave wreaking his vengeance on the backs of freemen." 
Nee caput nee pedes. Cic.—" Neither head nor feet;" or, 

as we say, " Neither head nor tail." 
Nee cibus ipse juvat morsu frauddtus aceti. Mart. — " Not 

food itself is palatable when deprived of the relish given 

by vinegar." 
Nee citb credideris ; quantum cito credere Icedat, 

Exemplum vobis, non leve, Procris erit. Ovid. 

— "Be not too ready to believe; the fate of Procris will 

be no slight example to you how disastrous it is to believe 

things readily." See Ovid's Met. b. vii. 1. 394, et seq. 
Nee cui de te plusquam tibi credas. JProv. — " Give no man 

more credit than yourself about yourself." Do not 

acquiesce in either praises or censures pronounced on 

you, which you know to be undeserved. 
Nee deus intersit, nisi dignus vindlce nodus. HoR. — " Nor 

let a god interfere, unless there be a difficulty worthy of a 

god's assistance." Advice to dramatic writers, not to 

introduce personages too exalted, except on occasions of the 

highest importance. 
Nee domo domlnus, sed domino domus honesianda est. Cic. 

" The master ought not to be honoured by the house, but 

the house by the master." 
NecfdcUe invenias multis in milUbus unum ; 

Virtatem pretium qui putet esse sui. OviD. 

— " Among many thousands you would not easily find 

one who believes that virtue is its own reward." 
Nee fuge colloquium; nee sit tibi jdnua clausa. Ovid.— 

" Fly not from conversation ; and let not vour door be 

shut." ^ 



Nee imbellem ferdces 

Froqenerant dquilce columbam. Hoe. ^^ 

--" Nor do ferocious eagles beget the unwarlike dove. 

Nee levis, ingenuas pectus coluisse per artes, 

Cura sit; et linguas edUicisse duas. , ™* , .,, ., 

— " And be it no Hght care to cultivate the mind with the 
liberal arts, and to learn thoroughly the two languages. 
The Latin and the Greek. 

Nee longum tempus, et ingens 

Exiit ad caelum ramis fellcibus arbos, 

Mirdturque novas frondes, et non sua poma. Vieg. 

— « In no long time a huge tree shoots up to heaven with 

verdant boughs, and admires its new leaves, and Iruits not 

its own." Said of the results of grafting trees. 

Nee loquor hcBC, quia sit major prUdentia nobis; 
Sed sim, quam medico, notior ipse miU. Ovid. 
— " And I say this, not because I have any greater tore- 
sight, but because I am better known to myself than to a 

physician. « T4- * ^^ 

Nee lusisse pudet, sed non incidere ludum. JlOE.— it is no 
disgrace to have been gay, but it is, not to have renounced 
those gaieties." The shame does not lie m having joined 
in gaieties, but in not having quitted them at a proper 
season. A man must not be always " sowing his wild 

Necmagis sine illo nos essefelices, quam ille sine nobis potuit. 
Plikt's Panegyric on Trajan.—'' No more could we live 
happily without him, than he could without us." 

Nee mepudet, ut istosjateri nescJre quod nesciam. CiC.— 
« Nor am I ashamed, Hke those men, to acknowledge that 
I do not know the things which I do not know." 

Nee meu^ audet 

Bern tentdre pudor, quam vires ferre recUsent. ^i^^- 

« I^or does my modesty presume to attempt a thing 

which my powers are unable to accomplish." 

Nee meus hie sermo est, sed qucs prcBcepit Ofellus. HOE — 
« Nor is this my language, but a precept which UteUus 

has given." 

Nee mihi d'lcere promptum, 

Necfdcereestisti. OviD. 

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ing." The words of Ajax when pleading against Ulysses 
for the arms of Achilles. 

Nee minimum refert, intacta rosdria primus, 
An serd carpas pane relicta manu. Otid. 

— " Nor does it make a slight difference only, whether 
you cuU from rosebeds before untouched, or whether, with 
a late hand, when there are hardly any roses left." 

Nee minor est virtue, quam quarere,parta tueri : 
Casus inest illic ; hie erit artis opus. Ovid. 

— " 'Tis no less merit to keep what you have got, than 
to gain it. In the one there is some chance ; the other 
will be a work of art." 

Nee mirum, quod divina natura dedit agros, ars humdna cedifi- 
cdvit urhes. Vaeeo. — "Nor is it wonderful, as divine 
nature has given us the country, and human art has built 
the cities." Similar to the line of Cowper, 
" God made the country, and man made the town." 

Nee mora, nee requies. Vieg. — " Neither rest nor ces- 
sation." No intermission is allowed. 

Nee morti esse locum. ViRG. — " Nor is there scope for 

death." Virgil says, that after their dissolution on earth, 
all things return to God, and that death has no further 
power over them. 
-Necnon et apes exdmina condunt 



CortMbusque cavis vitiosceque ilicis alveo. ViEG. 
— " Bees also conceal their swarms in the hollow bark and 
in the trunk of a decayed holm oak." 
Nee nos obniti contra, nee tender e tan turn 

Stificimus ; superat quoniam Fortuna, sequdmur, 

Qtwque vocat vertdmus iter. Vieg. 

— " We are neither able to make head against (the storm), 
nor even to withstand it ; since Fortune overpowers us, let 
us follow her, and turn our course whither she invites us." 
The words of ^neas to his followers. 
-Nee pldctdam membris dat cura quietem. Vieg. — " Nor 



does care allow placid quiet to the wearied limbs." 
Nee pluribus impar. — " No unequal match for many." The 
motto assumed by Louis XIV. when he formed his pro- 
ject for the subjugation for Europe. 
Nee pluteum ccedit, nee demorsos sapit ungues. Pees. — 
" It neither thumps away at the desk, nor savours of 



nails gnawed to the quick." Said of poor spiritless 
poetry. 

Nee, qua prceteriit, tterum revocdbUur unda ; 

Nee, quce prceteriit hora redlre potest. OviD. 

— " Neither shall the wave, which has passed by, ever be 
recalled; nor can the hour which has passed ever re- 
turn." 

Nee quare et unde — quid hdbeat tantum rogant. — " People 
ask not how and whence, but only what a man possesses." 

Nee quicquam ad nostras pervenit acerbius aures. OviD. — 
" Nothing more distressing has come to my ears." 

Nee satis est pulchra esse poemata, dulcia sunto. Hoe. — " It 
is not enough that poems be beautiful ; let them be pleas- 
ing also." 

Nee scire fas est omnia. HoE.— " Nor is it allowed us to 

know aU things." 

Nee semper feriet quodcunque minabitur arcus. Hoe. — 
" Nor will the arrow always hit the object aimed at." 

Nee servum meliorem ullum, nee deteriorem dominum fuisse. 
SuETON. — " There never was a better servant or a worse 
master." Said of the emperor Caligula. 

Nee, si me subito videos, agnoscere possis. OviD. — " Nor 
could you recognise me, if you were to see me on a 
sudden." 

Nee si non ohstdtur propterea etiam permittitur. Cic. — 
"Though an act is not prohibited, it does not there- 
fore follow that it is permitted." Moral duties go beyond 
the mere letter of the law. 

Nee sibi coendrum quivis temere arroget artem, 
Non prius exactd tenui ratione sapbrum. Hoe. 
— " Let no man rashly arrogate to himself a knowledge of 
the art of catering, if he has not previously acquired an in- 
timate knowledge of the delicate distinctions of flavours." 

Nee sibi, sed toti genitum se credere mundo. LiiCAN. — " To 
believe that he was born not for himself alone, but for the 
whole world." The principle aeted upon by the bene- 
factors of mankind. 

Nee sum ddeo informis, nuper me in littore vidi. Vieg. — 
" Nor am I so very ugly, I lately viewed myself on the 
shore." Self-commendation. 
Nee tamen igndrat, quid distent cera luplnis. HoE. — " Nor 



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is lie ignorant of the vast difference between money and 
lupines." He can distinguish between the worthy and 
the worthless. Lupines were used as counters among the 
Romans, and to represent money on the stage. 
Nee tamen in dando mensuram deserit; immo, 
Singula descrlhit certo moder amine finis. 
— " Nor yet in giving does he go beyond all bounds ; nay, 
rather, to each he assigns a portion fixed and definite." 
Nee tamen indignum est, qttod vohis aura placendi, 

Cum comptos hdbeant scecula nostra vivos. Ovid. 

— " And yet it is not unbecoming for you to have a care 
to please, since our age produces men of taste." Advice 
to the ladies. 
Nee tibi quid liceatj sed quidfedsse decebit 

Occurrat ; mentemque domet resjpectus honesti. Claud. 
— " And let it not be the subject of your thoughts what 
you may do, but what you ought to do ; let a regard for 
what is honourable ever govern your mind." 
Nee vagus in laxd pes tibi pelle natet. Ovid. — "And do not 

let your foot wallop about in your shoe down at heel." 
Nee Veneris phdretris macer est, aut lampdde fervet : 
Inde faces ardent, veniunt a dote sagittcB. Jut. 

— ^" It is not from Venus' quiver that he grows thin, or 
with her torch that he bums ; it is from this that his fires 
are fed, from her dowry the arrows come." Said of a 
fortune-hunter. 
Nee verbum verbo curdbis redderefidus 

Interpres. Hoe. 

— " Nor, even if a faithful translator, should you make it 
your care to render the original word for word." The 
meaning of the original might be lost thereby. 
Nee vidisse semel satis est, juvat usque mordrij 

Et conferre gradum, et veniendi discere causas. ViEG. 
— " Nor is it enough to have merely seen him ; they are 
delighted to prolong the interview, and to approach him, 
and to learn the cause of his coming." The ghosts of the 
departed Trojans thronging around jEneas, when he visits 
the infernal regions. 
Nee vixit male qui natu^ moriensque fefellit. Hob. — " Nor 
has he lived to no purpose, who, from his birth to his 
death, has lived in retirement." 



Nee vos, turbafere censu frauddta, magistri 

Spernite : disdpulos attrdhit ilia novos. Ovid. 
— " Neither do you, schoolmasters, a set too often cheated 
of your pay, despise her ; 'tis she that brings you new 
pupils." Minerva, the goddess of wisdom, is alluded to. 

Nee vultu destriie dicta tuo. Ovid. — " And do not undo 

your sayings with your looks." 
Necesse est cvm insanientibus furere, nisi solus relinqueris. 
Peteon. Aeb.— "It is necessary to be mad with the in- 
sane, if you would not be left alone." It is as well to 
appear to conform to the prejudices of the day. 
Necesse est euin qui velit peccdre dliquando primum delinquere. 
dc. — " It is a matter of course that he who would sin 
must first fail in his duty." See Nemo repente, &c. 

Necesse est fdcere sumptum, qui qucerit lucrum. Plaut. 

" It is necessary for him who looks for gain, to incur some 
expense." " Nothing venture, nothing win." 
Necesse est in immensum exeat cupidUas quce naturdlem mo- 
dum transUiit. Sen. — " Avarice, when it has once passed 
the proper limits, of necessity knows no bounds." 

Necesse est ut multos timeat, quem multi timent. Ste. 

"He whom many fear, must of necessity fear many." 
The condition of the tyrant. See Multos timere, &c., and 
Multis terribilis, &c. 
Necessitas est lex temporis et loci. Law Max. — " Necessity is 

the law of time and place." 
Necessitas non habet legem. Law Max.—^' Necessity knows 
no law." In a sinking ship, for instance, the laws of life 
and property are but little regarded. 
Necessitadinis et libertdtis infinita est cestimdtio. Law Max.— 
" Necessity and liberty should receive the very greatest 
consideration." 
Nefas nocere vel malo fratri puta. Sen. — " Consider it a 
crime to do an injury to a bad brother even." Similar 
to the Scripture precept, by which we are commanded to 
return good for evil. 
Negat quis .^ Nego. Ait ? Aio. ^Bostremo impetrdvi egomet 
mihi omnia assentdri. Cic. — " Does any one deny a thing ? 
Then I deny it. Does he affirm ? Then I affirm. In fine, 
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Neglecta solent incendia sumere vires. HoB. — " Eire 

neglected is wont to gain strength." 

Negligere quid de se quisque sentiat, non solum arrogantis est, 
sed omnino dissoluti. Cic— " To be careless of what any 
one may think of him, is not only the conduct of an arro- 
gant man, but of one utterly abandoned." 

Negotiispar.—'' Equal to business." Able to manage affairs. 

Hem. con. Abbreviation of nimine contradicente. — " No one 
contradicting " any question proposed. 

Nem. diss. Abbreviation of nemine dissentiente. — " No one 
disagreeing " with a proposition made. 

Neminem id agere, ut ex alterius prcedetur inscitid. Cic. 

" No man should so act as to take advantage of another 
man's ignorance." 

Nemmem tihi adjungas amicum priusquam explordvMs quomodo 
priorihus am'icis sit usus. — " Make no man your friend be- 
fore you have ascertained how he has behaved towards his 
former friends." 
Mmini dixeris, qua nolis eferri. Prov.—'' Tell no one that 

which you do not wish repeated again." 
NemXni Jidas, nisi cum quo prius modium sails absumpseris. 
Prov.—'' Trust no man till you have eaten a bushel of salt 
with him." 

Kemo alUgans suam turpitHdinem audiendus est. Law Max.^ 
" No man bearing testimony of his own baseness ought to 
be heard." ° 

Nemo an bonus, an dives omnes qtuermus. Prov. " No 

one asks whether a man is good; we all ask whether he 
IS rich." 

Nemo bene imperat nisi qui paruerit imperio. Prov.—'' No 
man is fully able to command, unless he has first learned 
to obey." 

Nemo dat quod non hahet. Law Max.^" No man gives that 

which he does not possess." 
Nemo debet bis punlri pro uno delicto. CoKB.— " No man 

ought to be punished twice for one pffence." 
Nerno dexterius fortund sit z^^.— « ^Jfe^man has more ludi- 

ciously employed his good fortune." 
Nemo^ doctus mutdtionem constlii inconstantiam dixit esse. Cic. 

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inconstancy.- Acknowledgment of error is a duty unon 

nIo tT'''7-^"^"> ^"^ improvement depends^' ^""^ 
Nemo^^ e^atum s^b^, sed dementia^ spargit in proxtmos. Sen. 
f.. t?- ^u^ commits error for himself flone but scat 
ters his folly among aU around him." Error fs doublv^ 
jurious ; first m itself, and then by example ^ """ 

Mmo est hares viventis. Law Mao;.—" No man i", th^ l,^- 
of one who is alive." He k only an "hei^ apSent • 
See Saredem Deus, &c. apparent. 

—~Nenw in sese tentat descendere ? Nemo ! Pees — « Dops 
no one attempt to explore himself? No one ! " Instead 

Nemo ire quenquam puUwd proKhet vid. Piaut -« No onn 
forbids another to go along the highway." No one h 
biely to mterfere with you so long as^o/keep the beaten 

Nem^ ita pauper vivit, quam pauper mfus est. Ste — " No 

man ever lived so poor as he was bom " 

himsd?'' ""^^ " '"'^"'- ^''"'-" ^° ""^ •« hurt but by 
Nemo malusfelicc, rninime corruptor. Juv — « No w,Vtp,l 

man can be happy, least of ^1 one who corrupts oW' 
Nemo ^e,mpme lacessit.-" No one provokeZe vrith im 

punity." The motto of the Order of the Thistle a nCt" 

which IS protected by its prickles. ' ^ *°* 

Nemo rmntans Deo implioHur secnUrlhus negotiis. Coke - 

seSar-^affaSs.^ ™^ °^ ^"'^ ^"^^^^^^ -S-^ - 

''•^Nol"ani~afa^£:.f^'-'- ^^^ '^^ ^'''^- 

^2°/iL-^'"t J" «'*■"'" ^""^''f^' Votest qnam ipse habet. 
IMJ, Max.—" No man can transfer to another a Htrhf L 
title greater than he himself possesses " ^ 

Nemo potest nudo vestimenta detrahere. Prov.—" No man 

i-ou cannot get blood out of a stone " '"'.^"'fe. 

^^/^"'^"^P«"\9''i^pecca-tum est, sed nepeccetur. Sek 

JNo man of prudence punishes because a fault has 

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"been committed, but that it may not be committed." If 
this were not the object of punishment, it would degener- 
ate into revenge. 

Nemo punidtur pro alieno delicto. Law Max. — " Let no man 
be punished for the fault of another." 

Nemo qui sues confidity alteriiis virtuti invldet. Cic. — " No 
man who confides in his own virtue, envies that of an- 
other." 

Nemo repente fait turpissimus Juv. — " No man ever 

became extremely wicked all at once." Men sink into 
the depths of vice step by step. 

Nemo sic impar sibi. — " No man was ever so unequal to him- 
self." See Nilfuit, &c. 

Nemo solus satis sapit. PLAri. — " No man is sufficiently 
wise of himself." 

Nemo sud sorte contentus. — " No one is contented with his 
own lot." 

Nemo tam divos Jiabuit faventes, 

Crastinum ut possit sibi polliceri. Sett. 

— " No man was ever so favoured by the gods as to be 

able to promise himself a morrow." 

Nemo tenetur ad impossible. Law Max. — " No one is bound 
to do that which is impossible." 

Nemo tenetur seipsum accusdre. Law Max. — "No one is 
bound to accuse himself." 

Nemo vir magnus^ sine dUquo affldtu divlno, unquamfuit. CiC. 
— " No man was ever great without some portion of Di- 
vine inspiration.'* 

NeptHnum, procul a terrd^ spectdre furentem. — " From the 
land to view the ocean raging afar." 

Nequam hominis ego parvipendo grdtiam. Platjt. — " I set 
little value on the esteem of a worthless man." 

Nequam illud verbum est. Bene vult, nisi qui benefadt. Platjt. 
— " That expression, * he wishes well,' is worthless unless a 
person does well besides." 

Nequdquam satis in re und consHmere curam. HoE. — " It is 
by no means enough to devote our care exclusively to 
one object." 

Neque ccecum ducem, neque amentem consultorem. — " [Select] 
neither a blind guide nor a silly adviser." A sentiment 
from Aristophanes. 






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Neque cuiquam tam clarum ingenium est, ut possit emergere 
nisi illi materia, occdsio.fautor etiam commenddtorque'con- 
tingat. Pliny the Younger. — " No man possesses a genius 
so commanding, as to be able to rise in the world, unless 
these means are afforded him : — opportunity, and a friend 
to promote his advancement." 

Heque culpa neque lauda teipsum. — " Neither blame nor 
praise yourself." Avoid egotism, and pretend not to be 
either better or worse than you are. 

Neque enim- conclddere versum 

Dixeris esse satis : neque, si quis scribat, uti nos, 
Sermoni propidra, putes hunc esse poetam. Hor 

— " For you must not deem it enough to tag a verse ; nor if 
any person, like me, writes in a style more nearly resem- 
bling conversation, must you esteem him to be a poet." 
Neque enim lex cequior ulla. 



Qtiam necis artifices arte per ire sud. Ovid. 

— •" For there is no law more just than that the contrivers 

of death should perish by their own contrivances." 

Neque enim quies gentium sine armis, neque arma sine sti- 
pendiis, neque stipendia sine tributis. Tacit. — " The re- 
pose of nations cannot be insured without arms, arms 
without pay, nor pay without taxes." An armed peace is 
the best guarantee against war. 

Neque extra necessitdtes belli prcBcipuum odium gero. — " Be- 
yond that necessitated by war, I feel no particular resent- 
ment." 

Neque femina, amissd pudicitid, alia abnuerit. Tacit. — 
" When a woman has once lost her chastity, she will deny 
nothing." She will most probably be induced by circum- 
stances to submit to any degradation. 

Neque mala vel bona quce vulgus putet. Tacit. — " Things 
are not to be pronounced either good or bad on public 
opinion." 

Neque mel, neque apes. Prov. — " No bees, no honey." 
" Every rose has its thorns." 

Neque opinibne sed natura constitutum est jus, 
in opinion but in nature is law founded.** 

Neque semper arcum 
Tendit Apollo. Hoe. 
— " Nor is Apollo always bending his bow.** 

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Nequeo monsirdre, et sentio tantum. JuY.— " I cannot 

describe it, I only feel it." 

Nequicquam Deus ahscidit 
JPrudens ocedno dissocidJnli 
Terras, si tamen implce 

Nan tangenda rates translliunt vada. HoR. 
-— " In vain has God in his wisdom divided the countries 
of the earth by the separating ocean, if nevertheless pro- 
fane barks bound over the forbidden waters." 

Nequicquam exorndta est bene, si mordta est male, 

^ulchrum orndtum turpes mores pejtis cceno colUnunt. 

t« T4. • • • XI Plaut. 

— It IS m vam that a woman is well dressed, if she is 
ill conducted ; misconduct soils a fine dress worse than 
dirt." 

Nequicquam. populo hlMlas dondveris aures ; 

Hespue quod non es. Pers. 

--"You cannot possibly give the people ears that will 
drink m everything : aim not at that for which you are 
not made." You cannot long impose even on the credu- 
lity of the public. 

Nequicquam sapit qui sihi non sapit. Pr&v.—'' He is wise to 
no purpose who is not wise for himself." 

Nequissmi hommis est prodere am'icum.—'' It is the part of 
the most abandoned of men to betray his friend." 

NequUiam. v'lnosa tuam convma narrant. Ovid. " Your 

drunken banquets bespeak your debauchery." 

Nervi belli pecunia inflnlta. 'Cic— " Endless money is the 
very sinews of war." Both Bacon and Machiavelli ques- 
tion the truth of this saying. 

Nervis dlienis mobile lignum.—'' A wooden puppet moved by 
strings m the hands of others." Said with reference to 
those who aUow themselves to be made the tools of others 

Nervis omnibus. Frov. —" Straining every nerve." 

Nescia mens homlnumfati sorti^que futdrce, 

Et servdre modum rebus subldta secundis ! Yieg. 
— " How blind is the mind of men to fate and future 
events, how unwillmg to practise moderation, when elated 
with prosperity !" 

Nescio qua natdle solum dulcfdlne ctinctos 

J>ucit, et immemores non sinit esse sui. OvTD. 



— The land of our birth allures us by an unaccountable 
attraction, and permits us not to be forgetfid ofTt " 
ZZ" ^""^Prf^^'^^^i^-^ dulcfdlne l.ti. Vibg.^" By some 
inconceivab e charm animated beyond their wont " 
Nescio quts teneros oculus mihi faJclnat aqnos Yma-^"1 
know not what evH eye has bewitched my tender lambs " 

evu resulted from the glance of the envious eve 

et existU maxime et appnret faeillme. Cic.-" ThTre is' 
I know not how, inherent in the minds of men a certa n 
presage as it were of a future state; and tWs chieZ ex 
ists and appears the most manifest, in those of the greatest 
genius and of the most exalted mikd ' ' greatest 

Mesmre quid antea quam natm sis acoUeHt, id est semwr esse 
puerum; qmd enim est <.tas MmUis, nisi memMrrerZ 
nostrarumeum superiorum <etate contexerif ? Cic -" To Z 

-Ac«m quid serus vesper vehat. Prm —" Tm. t„^ i. 

what night-fall may bring." ""^ ^"""^ °°* 

Jou httle know what a ticklish thing it is to Jo to 

""tuLin: tr''" '^■"^^^- ^'•'^-"^ ^^---g populate 
Nescit VOX missa reverti JTmj « T^^ ^ j i.- i i 

Neuflmtem dtibi^ spe pendiilus l,or<e. Hon — « That T 

Hour. The blessings of a competency. 
Jf^eut>quamq factum llbfri esse homlnis pjto, 

OumumhaproM?reat,postulare id gratice apponi sihi. Ter 

has done nothmg to deserve it." 



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JPosces ante diem librum cum lumine, si non 
Intendes animum studiis et rebus honestis^ 
Invidid vel amore viail torquehere. HoB. 

— " Unless before day you call for your book with a ligbt, 
unless you occupy your mind with study and becoming 
pursuits, you will, when waking, be tortured by envy or 
by love." By idleness the passions are let loose, and mis- 
chief is a probable result. 
— Ni vis boni 



In ipsa inesset formd, hcecformam extinguerent. Tee. 
— " Had there not been great force of beauty in her very 
form, these things must have extinguished it." Her neg- 
lected dress and disheveled hair. 

Nihil a Deo vacat : opus suum ipse implet. Sen. — " Nothing 
is void of God : He himself fills all his works." The doc- 
trine of Pantheism. 

Nihil ad versum. — " Not corresponding to the words," 
meaning, "not to the purpose." This adage is supposed 
to have had reference to the representations by gesticula- 
tion of the sense of the part recited. Hence, when the 
actor failed to represent the sense conveyed by the line, 
the prompter used this expression. 

Nihil agendo homines male agere discunt. — " By doing no- 
thing, men learn to do ill." 

Nihil agit qui diffidentem verbis soldtur suis ; 

Is est amicus qui in re dubid re juvaty ubi re est opus. 

Plattt. 
— " He does nothing who consoles a desponding man with 
words ; he is a true friend, who, under doubtful circum- 
stances, aids in deed when deeds are necessary." 

Nihil aliud necessdrium, ut sis miser , quam ut te miserum 
credos. — "Nothing is wanting to make you wretched but 
to fancy yourself so." 

Nihil altumy nihil magnlflcum ac divJnum susclpere possuntj 
qui sua6 omnes cdgitdtiones abjecPrunt in rem tarn hiimilem 
atque abjectam. Cic. — " They can attempt nothing ele- 
vated, nothing noble and divine, who have expended all 
their thoughts upon .a thing so low and abject." 

Nihil credam et omnia cavPbo. — " I will trust to nothing, and 
bo on my guard against everything." 



Nihil differt utrum cegrum in ligneo lecto an in aureo colloces : 

quocumqurC ilium transtiileris, morbum suum secum trans- 

fert. Sen. — " It matters not whether you place the sick 

man on a wooden bed, or on one of gold; wherever you 

lay him, he carries his disease along, with him." 
Nihil difficile est Natures, ubi adjinem 

Sui properat Momentofit cinis, diu silva. Sen. 

— " Nothing is difficult to Nature, when she is pursuing 

her end. A wood is long in making, ashes are made in 

an instant." Said in reference to the final destruction of 

the earth by fire. See I^sse quoque, &c. 
Nihil doli subesse credens. Coen. Nep. — " Suspecting no 

deceit." 
Nihil eripit fortuna nisi quod et dedit. Ste. — " Fortune 

takes nothing away but what she has given." 
Nihil est ab omni 

JPa/rte beatum. HoR. 

— " There is nothing that is blessed in every respect." 

There is a dark side to every picture. 
Nihil est aliud magnum, quam multa minUta. Prov. — " That 

which is great is nothing but many littles." " Many 

littles make a mickle." 
Nihil est aptius ad delectationem lectoris, quam temp^rum va- 

rietdtes, fortuncBque vicissitildines. CiC. — " Nothing is 

better suited for the entertainment of a reader, than the 

varying features of times, and the vicissitudes of fortune." 

It is the varieties and contrasts of history that make 

" truth stranger than fiction." 
Nihil est furdcius illo : 

Nonfuit Autolyci tam picedta manus. Maet. 

— " There is nothing in the world more pilfering than he ; 

not even the hand of Autolycus was so gluey (filching) 

as his." 
Nihil est in vita magnopere expetendum nisi laus et honestas. 

Cic. — " There is nothing in life so earnestly to be sought 

as character and probity." 
Nihil est miserius, quam animus Mminis conscius. Plaut. — 

" There is nothing more wretched than the mind of a man 

with a guilty conscience." 
Nihil est 

Quin mule narrando possit depravdrier. Tee. — " There is 

no story but what may be made worse by being badly told." 






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KIH. 



265 



Nihil est quod credere de se 

Kon possit. Juv. 

— " There is nothing that he cannot believe about him- 
self." 

Nihil est quod non expugnet pertmax opera, et intenta ac dlTt- 
gens cura. Sen. — " There is nothing which persevering 
industry may not overcome, with continued and diligent 
care." 

Nihil est sdnitdti multo vino nocentius. — " There is nothing 
more prejudicial to health than much wine." 

Nihil est tarn utUe quod in transUu prosit. Sen. — " Nothing 
is so useful that it can be profitable from only a hasty 
perusal." No lasting benefit can be derived from careless 
or hasty studies. 

Nihil est tarn valuer e quam mnledictum, nihil facilius emittitur, 
nihil cUius exdpUur, nihil Idtius dissipdtur. Cic. — " No- 
thing is so swift in flight as slander, nothing more easily 
propagated, nothing more readily received, nothing more 
widely disseminated." 

Nihil eum commendat prceter simuldtam versutamque tris- 
titiam. Cic. — " He has nothing to recommend him, ex- 
cept an assumed and deceitful seriousness." 

Nihil hie nisi carmma desunt. Vieg. — " Nothing is 

wanting here but a song." 

Nihil homtni am'ico est opportdno amlcius. Plaut. — " There 
is nothing more desirable to a man than a friend in 
need." 

Nihil honestum esse potest, quod justUid vacat. Cic. — " No- 
thing can be honest which is destitute of justice." 

Nihil largiundo glbriam adeptus est. Sall. — " He acquired 
glory by no bribery." He rose by his own merits. 

Nihil legebat quod non excerperet. Pliny the Younger. — " He 
read no work from which he did not cull something." Said 
of his uncle the Elder Pliny, author of the Ristoria Natu- 
Talis. 

Nihil Lysi(S suhtilitdte cedit, nihil argutiis et acuimne Hy- 
peridi. Cic.—" He yields not a jot to Lysias in subtlety, 
nor to Hyperides in acumen and sharpness of repartee.' * 
Lysias was a celebrated orator of Syracuse, Hyperides of 
Athens. 

Nihil magis consentdneum est quam ut iisdem modis res dissoU 
vdtur quihus constituUur. Law Max. — " Nothing is more 



consistent with reason than that everything should be un- 
done by the same means by which it was done." A deed 
under seal, for instance, can only be varied by a deed 
under seal. 

Nihil potest rex nisi quod de jure potest. Law Max. — " The 
king can do nothing but what he is allowed to do by law." 
In a country, namely, which is governed on constitutional 
principles. 

Nihil pretio parco, amico dum opUvlor. — " I spare no expense 
so long as I can serve my friend." 

Nihil prodest improham mercem emere. Prov. — " There is no 
advantage in buying bad wares." 

Nihil scire est vita jucundisslma. Prov. — "To know no- 
thing at all is the happiest life." So our old English pro- 
verb, " Children and fools have merry lives." 

Nihil scriptum mirdculi causa. Tacit. — " There is nothing 
written here to excite wonder." Said of a plain unvarn- 
ished narrative. 

Nihil semper floret ; cetas succedit cetati. — " Nothing flourishes 
for ever ; age succeeds age." 

Nihil simul inventum est et perfectum. Coke. — " Nothing is 
invented and brought to perfection at the same moment." 

Nihil sub sole novi. — " There is no new thing under the sun." 
Eccl. i. 9. ^ J II' 

JSthit tarn absurdum- dici potest %^ non dicdtur^phiUsophor^y^. 
Cio. — " There is nothing so absurd but what it may have 
been said by some philosopher." d'c, Vc p,\. LVm,*^^, fi». (li^'Jl) 

Nihil tarn difficile est, quin queer endo investigdri possit. Tee. 
— " There is nothing so difficult, but what it may be found 
out by research." 

Nihil tamflrmum est, cui perlculum non sit etiam ab invatido. 
Quint. Cuet. — " There is nothing so secure, but what 
there may be danger from even the weakest." A mouse 
may put the finishing stroke to the ruin of a castle-wall. 

Nihil tarn flrmum est, quod non expugndri pecunid possit. 
Cic.—" Nothing is so well fortified that it cannot be taken 
by money." 

Nihil turpius est quam gravis cetdte senex, qui nullum aliud 
habet argumentum, quo se probet diu vixisse, prceter cetdtem. 
Sen. — " There is nothing more despicable than an old man, 
who has no other proof to give of his having lived long 
than his age." 



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Nihil unquam peccdvit^ nisi qttod mortua est. — " She only did 

amisa in this, that she died." An epitaph on a virtuous 

wife, given by Camerarius as having been found near the 

Jews' Quarter at Kome. 
Nihil unquam sic impar sihi. See Nilfuit, &c. 
Nihil videtur mundius. Q'ee. — " Nothing seems more 

neat." 
NiMH cocio est. Plaut. — " Trusting is good for nought." 
Nil actum credens, dum quid superesset agendum. Lucan. — 

" Considering nothing done, whilst aught remained to be 

done." Said of Julius Caesar. The principle adopted by 

a man of energy and talent. 
Nil adeofortuna gravis miser dhile fecit, 

Ut minuant nulla gaudia pace malum. Ovid. 

— "Misfortune has made no lot so wretched, but what 

a respite of the evil is productive of some delight." 
Nil admirdri prope est res una, Numld, 

Solaque, quce possit Jucere et servdre hedtum. HoB. 

— " Never to lose one's self-possession is almost the one 

and only thing, Numicius, which can make and keep a 

man happy." 
Nil agit exemplum litem quod lite resolvit. HoE. — " That 

illustration is of no use which extricates us from one diili- 

culty by involving us in another." 
Nil consclre sihi, nulla pallescere culpd. Hoe. — See Hie 

mums J &c. 
Nil consuetudine majus. Ovid. — "There is nothing 

more powerful than custom." 
Nil cupientium 



Nudus castra peto. Hob. 
— " Naked I commit myself to the camp of those who de- 
sire nothing." 

Nil debet. Law Term. — " He owes nothing." The common 
plea in defending an action for debt. 

Nil desperandum. — " Nothing is to be despaired of." 

Nil desperandum Teucro duce, et auspice Teucro, Hob. — 
" We must despair of nothing, Teucer being our leader, 
and we under his command." 

Nil dicit. Law Term. — " He says nothing." When the 
defendant fails to put in his answer to the plaintiff's declar- 
ation, judgment is given against him, because he does not 
say anything why it should not be. 



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Nil dictufoedum visuque hac limina tangat, 

Intra qiKC puer est. JtlV. 

" Let nothing unfit to be said or seen, enter those 

thresholds where youth inhabits." See Maxima debe- 

tur, &c. 

Nil dictum quod nan dictum prius. Trov. — " Nothing can 
be said which has not been said before." See Nihil sub, &c. 

Nil ego contulerim jucundo sanus amlco. Hoe. — " There is 
nothing which, in my senses, I should prefer to an agree- 
able friend." 

Nil erit ult^rius quod nostris monbus addat 
Fosteritas ; eddem cupient fdcientque minores : 

Omne in prceclpiti vUium stetit. JuY. 

— " There will be nothing left for posterity to add to our 
manners ; those who come after us will act as we do, and 
have the same desires: every vice has reached its cul- 
minating point." The complaint of the moralist in every 
age against the luxury and vice of his time. 

Nilferet ad Manes dmtis umbra suos. Ovid.—" The ghost 
of the rich man will carry nothing to the shades below." 

Nilfuit unquam 

Sic impar sibi. Hoe. 

— " Never was there anything so unlike itself." The ex- 
treme of inconsistency. 

Nil habet infilix paupertas ddrius in se, 

Quam quod r'ldlcnlos homines facit. JuT. 

— " Unhappy poverty has nothing in it more galling, than 
that it exposes men to laughter." 

Nil hdbuit in tenementis. Law Term.—'' He had no such 
tenement." The plea denying the title of the plaintiff in 
an action of debt by a lessor against a lessee without 
deed. 

Nil homini certum est. Fieri quis posse putdret ? Otid. — 
" There is nothing assured to mortals. Who could have 
thought that this would come to pass ?" 

Nil intra est oleam, nil extra est in nuce duri. Hoe. — " [If 
such is not the case] then there is no kernel in the olive, 
no shell outside the nut." A person who wiU maintain 
that, will swear that black is white. 

Nil me offidt unquam, 

Dltior hie, aut est quia doctior ; est hcus uni 
Cuique suus. Hoa. 






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— " It nothing affects me that this man is more wealthy 
or more learned than I am j every man has his own sta- 
tion. 

Ml miJii das vivus, dicis post fata datvrum ; 

Sinon insdnis, scis, Maro, quid cupiam. Mart. 
—" You give me nothing during your life, you say you 
will leave me something after your death ; if you are not 
a lool, Maro, you know what I wish for." The thoughts of 
the rnan who is waiting to slip " into dead men's shoes." 

JSil mi/n vobiscum est; hcec mens ardor erit OviD "I 

have nought to do with you ; she shaU be my flame." 

mi mortalibus arduum est. Hon.—" Nothing is too arduous 
tor mortals. ' With patience and perseverance there is no 
dilliculty in that which is not in itself impossible. 

Nil obstat. Co'is tibi pene videre est 

Ut nudam, ne crure malo, ne sit pede turpi : 

Met'iri possis ociilo latus HoE. 

J-" There is nothing in your way ; through the thin gauze 
dress you may discern her almost as weU as if she were 
naked ; you may see that she has neither a bad leg nor 
an ugly foot ; you may survey her form from top to toe 
with your eye." 

Ml opus est dtgitis, per quos arcana loqudris. Ovid — " There 
18 no need there of using the fingers to talk over your 
secrets. 

mi oritHrum alias, nil ortum tale fatentes. Hoe.— « Con- 
tessing that none had arisen before, or would arise, like 
unto thee. A compliment to his patron, Augustus. 

JSil peccent dculi, si dculis anwtus imperet. Sye — " The 
eyes cannot sin if the understanding governs the sight." 
Ucero too says that it is necessary to exercise chastity 
ot sight. See also Matt. v. 28. 

Nil prodest quod non Icedcre possit idem. Ovid — " There is 
nothing advantageous, which may not also be injurious." 
Ihese evils may be caused by carelessness, precipitation 
or want of moderation. * r t "", 

NilpropHum ducas quod mutdH potest. Sye.—" Beckon no- 
thing your own, that can be changed." AU woridly pos- 
sessions are of doubtful tenure ; but virtue, phHosophi^and 
an enlightened mmd, we may caU our own. 
—Nil sciri si quisputat, id quoque nescit 
An scm possit, qui se nil scire faittur. Luceet. 



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— " If a person thinks that nothing can be known, it ne- 
cessarily follows that he does not know whether or not 
nothing can be known, from his very confession that he 
knows nothing." An answer to the scepticism of the dis- 
ciples of Pyrrho, who maintained that " all that we know 
is, that nothing can be known." , 

Nil similius insdno quam ebrms. Frov. — " JNothmg more 
strongly resembles a madman than a man who is drunk. 

Nil sine magno 

Vita labore dedit mortdlibus. Hoe. 

—"Life has bestowed nothing on man without great 

labour." 

Nil sine te me 

Frosunt honores. Hoe. 

«My honours are nothing worth without thy aid. 

An address by the poet to his Muse, entreating her to 
continue her inspiration. cc t f 

Nil spernat auris, nee tamen credat statim. Ph^d.— -Let 
the ear despise nothing, nor yet let it accord imphcit be- 
lief at once." . . .. m 
Nil tarn difficile est, quin qucerendo investigan possit. Iee. 
— " There is nothing so difficult but what it may be tound 
out by seeking." ^ 
Nil tarn diff^icUe est quod non solertia vmcat. Frov.— itiere 

is nothing so difficult that skiU will not overcome it. 
Nil temere novandum. Law Maxim.—'' Innovations should 

not be rashly made." 
Nil temere uxori de servis crede querenti ; 

Scepe etenim mulier quern conjux diHgit, odit. Cato. 
— " Do not rashly give credit to a wife complaining ot 
servants ; for very often the wife hates the person whom 
the husband most regards." 
Nil volitum quin prcBcognttum.—''^ot\img can be mshed 
for vdthout our having had some thought of it betore- 
hand." See Consentire non, &c. ^ 

Nimia cura deterit magis quam emendat. Frov. — " Too much 
care injures rather than improves." A good thing may be 
spoiled by overdoing it. " Too many cooks spoil the broth. 
Nimia est miseria pulchrum esse hominem nimis. Plaut.— 
" It is a very great plague to be too handsome a man. 
The words of Pyrgopolinices, a braggart and a fop. 



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Nimia est voluptas, si diu abfuhns a domo 

Domurn si redieris, si tihi nulla est cegritudo animo ohviam. 

«T4. • Plaut. 

— - It IS a great pleasure, if you have been long absent, 
when you return home to have no anxieties to grate your 
feelings." 

Mmia familidritas parit contemptum, Prov. — " Too much 

familiarity breeds contempt." 
Nimia illcBC licentia 

Frofecto evddet in aliquod magnum malum. Tee. 

— " This extreme licentiousness will assuredly end in some 

great disaster." 

Nimia suhtllitas in jure reprobdtur. Law Max. — " Excessive 

refinements in the law are to be reproved." 
JTlmio id quod pudet fncUius fertur, quam illud quod piget. 

Plaut. — " That which we are ashamed of is more easily 

endured than that which we are vexed at." 
2^mio pr(Estat impendiosum te quam ingrdtum d'lcier ; 

Blum lauddhunt honi, hunc etiam ipsi culpdhunt mali. 

UT4. ' 1 . Plaut. 

— It IS much better to be called over-liberal, than un- 
grateful ; the first, good men will applaud ; the latter, even 
bad men will condemn." 
Nimlrum insdnus paucis videdtur, eo quod 

Maxima pars lommum morho jactdtur ebdem. Hon. 
— " He, for instance, appear? to be mad to but a few, be- 
cause the greater part of them are infected with the same 
disease." 

Nimis arcta premunt elides convwia caprce. Hob.—" Eank 
and sweaty odours annoy us at overcrowded entertain- 
ments. ' A good suggestion for those who think that they 
cannot overcrowd a room. 

Nimis uncis 

Ndrihus indulges. Pees. 

—" Tou indulge your upturned nostrils too much." The 
nostrils, as Pliny says, were considered the exponents of 
sarcasm and ridicule. 

mmium altercando Veritas amittitur. I>rov.—" In too eatrer 
disputation, the truth is lost sight of." 

J^imium difficile est repertri, ita ut nomen ducif, 

Out tuam cum rem credideris sine omni curd dormias. Plaut. 



— " It is an extremely difficult thing for a friend to be 
found to act up to his title, and to whom when you have 
intrusted your interests you may sleep without care." 
-Nimium ne crede colori. Yieg. — " Trust not too much 



to your good looks." Said by the poet to a conceited youth, 
but applicable to outward appearances in general. 

Nimium risus pretium est, si prohitdtis impendio constat. 
Quint. — " A laugh costs too much, if it is bought at the 
expense of propriety." 

2^mius in veritdte, et similitudinis quam pulchritudinis aman- 
tior. Quint. — "Too scrupulous as to the truth, and 
more desirous of exactness than beauty." There arc dis- 
agreeable traits in nature, which an artist need not go out 
of his way to copy. Some of the Dutch painters have been 
guilty of this. 

Nisi caste, saltern caute. "Prov. — " If not chastely, at least 
cautiously." A Jesuitical hint that at all events we should 
study appearances. 

Nisi dextro tempore Flacci 

Verba per attentam non ihunt Ccesdris aurem. Hoe. 

—-" Unless at an appropriate time, the words of Placcus 

will not reach the attentive ear of Caesar." 

Nisi Dominus,frustra. — " Unless the Lord is with us, our 
efforts are vain." Prom Psalm cxxvii. 1. The motto of the 
city of Edinburgh, where it has been ludicrously translated, 
" You can do nothing here unless you are a lord !" 

Nisiprius. iaw; 5(?rw.—*' Unless before." A writ by which 
the sheriff is commanded to bring a jury to Westminster 
Hall on a certain day, unless the justices shall previously 
come into his county. 

Nisi afile est quodfacimus, stulta est gloria. Ph^d. — " Un- 
less what we do is useful, vain is our glory." This line is 
said to have been found copied on a marble stone, as part 
of a funeral inscription, at Alba Julia, or Weissemberg, in 
Transylvania. 

Nitimur in vetitum semper, cvpimusque negdta. Ovid. — "We 
are ever striving for what is forbidden, and are coveting 
what is denied us." 

Nitor in adversum, nee me, qui ccetera vincit 

Impetus, et rapido contrdrius evehor orbi. Ovid. 

— " Against this I have to contend ; that force which over- 






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comes all other things, does not overcome me ; and I am 
borne in a contrary direction to the swil'tlv moving 
world/' ^ ^ 

NohUUas sola est atque unica virtus. Juv. — " Virtue is the 

sole and only nobility." 
I^ohis cum semel occidit brevis lux, 

Nox est perpetua una dormienda. Catull. 

—"As soon as our brief day has closed, we shall have to 

sleep in everlasting night." The words of one who did 

not believe in the immortality of the soul. 
Nobis non licet esse tarn disertis, 

Qui Musas coUmus severidres. Mart. 

— " We, who cultivate the severer Muses, are not allowed 

to be so discursive." 
Meet empta dolore voluptas. HoR. — "Pleasure pur- 
chased by pain is injurious." Because pleasure of this 

kind arises from immoderate indulgence. 
Noctemque diemque fatlgat. ViRQ.— " He labours both 

night and day." 
Noctis erat medium ; quid non amor improbus audet ? Ovid. 

— " 'Twas midnight ; what does not unscrupulous passion 

dare?" 

Nocturnd versdte manu, versdte diurnd. HoR. — " Ponder 
these matters by night, ponder them by day." 

Nocumentum, documentum. Frov. — " Harming 's warning." 
" Forewarned, forearmed." 

JSTodum in scirpo qucerere. Prov.—'' To look for a knot in 
a bulrush." To be too fastidious. 

]!^olem volens.—'' Whether he will or no." " Will he, nill he." 

Noli affectdre qiu)d tihi non est datum, 

Delusa ne spes ad querelam recWat. Ph^d. 

— " Covet not that which has not been granted you, lest 

your baffled hopes sink down to useless repinings." 

Noli equi denies inspicere dondti. Frov. — " Look not a gift- 
horse in the mouth." Quoted by St. Jerome. 

Noli me /awy^Ve.—" Touch me not." A plant of the genus 
tmpatiens. On being touched when ripe, it discharges its 
seeds from the capsule with considerable force. The term 
is also applied to an ulcer or cancer ; and sometimes an 
object of extreme costliness is called a " Touch me not." 
See also John xx. 17. 



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'—^^}\m^^r€ duobm. Catull.— « Don't fight against 
two." " Two to one is odds." ^ 

Nolle prosequi. Law Term.—" To be unwilling to prose- 
cute. An acknowledgment by the plaintiff that he wiU 
not proceed any further with his suit. 

Nolo episcopdri. — " I have no wish to be a bishop " A 
phrase which, with a semblance of modesty, was used as 
a matter of. form by those who were elevated to a bishoi >- 
nc. Hence it is used to imply an affectation of indiffer- 
ence about a thmg which a person has the greatest am- 
bition to obtain. 

Nomen amicUia est, namen inane fides. Ovid.—" Friendship 

IS but a name, constancy an empty title." 
Nomina honesta prcetenduntur vUiis. Tag.—" Honourable 

names are given as a screen to vices." 
Nomine poenw. Law T^rw.— "Under name of a penalty " 

A penalty agreed to be incurred on non-payment of rent 

by a given day. 
Non adeo cec'idi, quamvis dejectus, ut infra 

Te quoque sim; inferius quo nihil esse potest. Ovid 

--" Although prostrate, I have not fallen so low that* I am 

beneath even thee, than whom nothing can be lower " 
Non^tate verum ingenio adipiscUur sdpientia. Platjt — 

a/.?^ ^^ ^^^''^ ^""^ ^y disposition is wisdom acquired." 
IVon aider quam qui adverso vixflumme lembum 
Bemigiis sublgit : si brdchia forte remlsit, 
Atque ilium in prcEceps prano rapit aUeus amni. ViRO 
—-" JN ot otherwise than is he who rows his skiff with much 
ado against the tide ; if by chance he slackens his arms, 
the tide hurries him headlong down the stream." 
Non amo te, Sdbldi, nee possum dlcere quare ; 

Sac tantum possum dlcere, non amo te. Mart. 
— " I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why • this 
only I can say, I do not love thee." A description of an 
unaccountable aversion. This epigram ha^ been thus ti'an.- 
lated by the facetious Tom Brown ; 

" I do not love thee. Doctor Fell: 
The reason why I cannot tell ; 
But this alone I know full well, 
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Dr. Fell being the dean of Christ Church, who had threat- 
ened him with expulsion. 

Non ampUter sed mundtter convtvium ; plus salts quam sump- 
tus. Corn. Nep. — " An entertainment not profuse but 
elegant; more of true relish than expense." 

I^on assumpsit. Law Term. — " He did not undertake." The 
general issue in an action of assumpsit^ where the defendant 
denies that he undertook to do the thing stated. See -4s- 
sumpsit. 

Non aur'iga piger. — " No lazy charioteer." Said of a director 
or managing man who will not " let the grass grow under 
his feet" in carrying out an undertaking. 

Non bene conducti vendunt perjuria testes. OviD. — " Wit- 
nesses hired dishonestly make sale of their perjuries." 

Non bene conveniunt, nee in una sede morantur 

Majestas et amor. Ovid. 

-— " Majesty and love do not well agree, nor do they dwell 
in the same place." 

Non bene junctdrum discordia semlna rerum. Ovid. — " The 
discordant atoms of things not harmonizing." A descrip- 
tion of the state of Chaos. 

Non bene pro toto libertas vendlttir auro ; 
Hoc coeleste bonum preterit orbis opes. 
— " Liberty is not well sold for all the gold ; this heavenly 
blessing surpasses the wealth of the world." 

Non bonus somnus est de prandio. Apage. Plaut. — " Sleep 
is not good after a morning meal — out upon it ! " 

Non caret is, qui non des'idtrat. — " He is not in want who 
has no desires." 

Non compos mentis. — " Not master of his mind." In an un- 
sound state of mind. 

Non constat. Laio Term. — " It does not appear." It is not 
shown by evidence before the court. 

Non cuicunque datum est habere nasum. Maet. — " It 

is not every one to whom it has been given to have a 
nose :" meaning a keen wit, and power of satire. 

Non cuivis hommi contingit adlre Corinthum. HoE. — " It is 
not the lot of every man to visit Corinth." It is not the 
lot of all men to enjoy the same opportunities of travel or 
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and refinement, and it was only the more wealthy who 

could aftbrd to pay a visit to it. 
Non deponte cadit, qui cum sapientid vadit.—'' He falls not 

from the bridge who walks with prudence." A medieval 

Leonine proverb. 
Non decet superbum esse hominem servum. Plaut. — " It ia 

not proper for a servant to give himself airs." 
Non devfpUur qui scit se dedpi. Coke.—" He is not deceived 

who knows that he is being deceived." 
Non deerat voluntas, sed facultas.—'' Not the will, but the 

means, were wanting." 
Non deficit alter. Yieg.— " Another is not wanting." 

We sustain no loss but what can easily be replaced j or 

the loss of one will be the gain of another. 
Non Dindymene, non adytis quatit 

Mentem sacerdotum incola Pythius^ 
Non Liber ceque ; non acUta 
Sic gemlnant Corybantes cBra^ 

Tristes ut irce. HoE. 

--"Nor Cybele, nor Pythian Apollo, the dweller in the 

shnnes, so convulses the breasts of his priests, nor so does 

Bacchus ; nor do the Cor}^bantes so loudly redouble their 

blows on the shrill cymbals, as direful anger (inflames the 

mind)." 

Non domus et fundus, non ceris acervus et auri 

^groto dommi deduxit corpore febres, 

Non ammo cur as. HoE. 

— " Neither house nor land, nor heaps of brass and gold, 

can remove the fever from their sick possessor, nor banish 

cares from his mind." 
Non eadem est cetas, non mens. HoE. — " My age, my 

tastes are now no longer the same." 
Non eddem ratio est, sent'ire et demere morbos : 

Sensus inest cunctis ; tollitur arte malum. OviD. 

— " The art of perceiving diseases and of removing them 

IS not the same. Perception eiista in all; by skill alone 

disease is removed." 
Non ebur neque aureum 

Med renldet in domo lacHnar. HoE. 

— " No ivory or golden ceiling shines resplendent in my 
house." "^ 

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Non ego avdrum 

^Tw/^^''^t*' ^^PV^^j'^heo ac nehuUnem. Hob. 

— When I lorbid you to be a miser, I do not bid you 
become a prodi^ral and a spendthrift." 

mn ego illam mihi dotem esse puto, quw dos dJcitur, 

i^ed^dwUiam et pudorem, et seddtam cupldmem. Plaut. 

— Ihat which 18 called a dowrj, I do not deem my dowry, 
but chastity, modesty, and subdued desires " ' 

JSon ego mendosos au^im defendere mores, 
FaUaquepro vUiis arma tenere meis. ' OyiD 
r" ? 7^^^ ?°* presume to defend my faulty morals and 
to wield deceitful arms in behalf of my frailtfes^'' 

JVonego morddci destrinxi carmme quenquara - 
Nee mens ulllrn crlmma versus habet. Ovid 

-- I have pulled no one to pieces in spiteful Verse • nor 
does my poetry contain a charge against any man " ' 

^LALT.— I do not quite believe that every kind of gain 
18 serviceable to mankind." ^ 

Non ego paucis 

Offendar maculls, quas aut incilria fudit, 

Aut humina parum cavit natiira. HoR 

—"I wiU not take oifence at a few blemishes which 

do not solicit their votes. ^ uitxtuue. ± 

Non enim gazce neque consuldris 
Summovet Uctor mlseros tumuUus 
Mentis et auras Idquedta circum 

Tecta volantes. Hon 

ZiI''\v^^1^^V^^^^ treasure, nor the'consul's lictor can 

^Z7aVZfT"1'^^'' '^^P"*--^", iuam rationu mo- 
menta qu^erenda sunt. Cic.-" In discussing a question, 



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more reliance ouglit to be placed on the influence of rea- 
son than on the weight of authority." 

nl^ff "f '"'''^"'' ?"'■'"■ «»'9^-^- ViRo.-« For my 
part, I feel no enyy, I am surprised rather." ^ 

Aon equidem studeo, bulldtis ut mihi nugis 

ragina turgescat, dare pondm idonea fvmo. Peks 

b^hhl V trifl! '*"''? ?''* ^^ P*S® ""y ^^ «^e"ed 01* >^ith 
aC- V ;,'"''^^'^ ""'-^ *° g^^« weight to smoke." 
mn eqn,dem vellem ; sed me meafata trahibant, 
Inque mem poenas ing?niosus eram. Otid 

— 1 wish indeed that I had not ; but my destiny drew 
me on, and I exercised my ingenuity to my own miZ 

Non esse er^ydum pec-mia est : nan esse emaoem vectlgal est. 

J^ic.— JNot to be covetous is money: not to be iond of 

buying, a revenue." 
-A'b» est. See Non est inventus. 
JSTon est ad astra mollis a terris via. Sen.—" Not easy is the 

passage fro™ the earth to the stars." It is 01x1^5 great 

ettorts that immortality is to be attained 

tno£^''~ '' °° '*'°°8^'' ^"""^ among men thaii 

JVon est heatus qui se non putat ; quid enim refert qualis 

status turn stt, si tibi vidHur malus? Sen.— "No man is 

happy who does not think himself so; for what does t 

^Z^"' *t wT ^''^"^ ,?"t-0»*- Prov.~" It is not good to 
tnfle with the gods." It is impossible to deceive an all- 
Wise rrovidence. 

Non est de sacco tanta fdrina jfe^.— "AU that meal is not 
out of your own sack." Said to a man who is palming off 
the work of another as his own. A medieval proverb 

Non est ejusdem et mulfa et opportuna dlcere, JProv — « It is 

T os'^" *^^ ^^^^ ^^'^'''' *^ *^^ '^'^''^ ^^ *^ *^^ 
Non est factum. Lata Term.—<^ It was not done." The 
general issue m an action on bond or other deed, whereby 
the defendant denies that to be his deed on which he is 
impleaded. 



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N'on est in medico semper rHevHur ut ceger : 
Interdum doctd plus valet arte malum. Ovid. 
— *; It is not always in the physician's power that the in- 
valid should recover ; sometimes the disease is more power- 
lul than the resources of art." 
JSTon est inventus Law Term.—- He has not been found." 
The return made by the sheriff when a person whom he has 
been ordered to produce cannot be found by him. When 
a man disappears or is not forthcoming, he is jocosely said 
to De non est inventus^ or non est. 
~Kon est jocus esse malignum. Hor.—« There is no 
joking m being spiteful." Genuine humour is compatible 
only with good nature. ^ 

JSm est magnum pumilio licet in monte constlteHt : Colossus 
magnitndinem suam servdUt, etiam si stHerit in puteo. Sen 
-- A dwarf is no bigger, though he stand on the summit 
of a mountain: a Colossus wiU preserve its magnitude, 
though It should stand in a weU." You cannot improve 
a fool whatever advantages you give him, while the man 
ot genius wiU attain eminence in the greatest obscuritv 
^on est meum contra auctdritdtem sendtus dtcere. Qjc — 

senate " "" "^^ *"" ^^^^^ ^^^^^ *^^ authority of the 

^Z f rf ' '?7't ^*''^- ^^^— " My nerves are not 

honest remedium adversus sycopUntce morsum. Prov.— 
Ihere is no remedy against the bite of a flatterer." 
heath!Tslfe.'^ ' "''''' ^^^^-" ^^^ existence, but 

amici. bALL.— 'Neither armies, nor treasures, are the 
safeguards of a state, but friends." 
Non facias malum ut inde vmiat honum. CoKE.-« Tou 
must not do evil that good may come of it." 

ev^y^htgT' '''''''^•""" ^' "'" ^"^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^°^^ 
^^^onformosus erat sed erat facundu^ Vlysses. Ovid.- 
Ulysses was not handsome, but then he was eloquent " 
^onfumum e.fulgore sed e. fumo dare lucem. Vor.- 
JNot to produce smoke from light, but light from smoke." . 



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In this, says Horace, consists the diiFerence between a 
bad and a good poet. The first begins with a florid and 
inflated prelude, and ends in smoke ; the latter, beginning 
with reserve, attains the height of poetic grandeur. 

Non habet commercium cum virtute voluptas. Cic. — " Plea- 
sure has no fellowship with virtue." Said in reference 
to that kind of pleasure which delights in excess. 

Non hahet in nobis jam nova plaga locum. Ovid. — " A fresh 
wound can now no longer find room in me." 

Non h(BC infoedera. Yieg.— " Not into such alliances 

as these." 

Non hoc de nihilo est. — " This does not come of nothing." 
There is some foundation for this story — there is some- 
thing in it. 

Non hoc ista sihi tempus spectdcula poscit. Yirg. — " The 
present moment does not require such an exhibition as 
this." 

Non hominis culpa, sed ista loci. OvTD. — " It is not the 

fault of the man, but of the place." 

Non horam tecum esse potes, non otia recte 
Ponere, teque ipsvm vitas fiigWivus et erro, 
Jam vino qucsrens, jam somnofallere curam ; 
Frustra, nam comes atra premit sequUu/rque fugdcem. HoE. 
— "You cannot endure an hour by yourself, nor apply 
your leisure advantageously ; a fugitive and vagabond, you 
endeavour to escape from yourself, now endeavouring 
with wine, now with sleep, to cheat care — but all in vaiil : 
for the gloomy companion presses on you, and pursues 
you as you fly." A fine description of the torture en- 
dured by the wicked man, under the stings of self-re- 
proach. 

Non id quod magnum est pulchrum est, sed id quod pulchrum 
magnum. — *^ Not that which is great is praiseworthy, but 
that which is praiseworthy is great." 

Non id videndum, conji/gum ut bonis bona. 
At ut ingmium congruat et mores mortbus ; 
Problta^, pudorque virgmi dos optima est. Teb. 
— " It is not requisite that the possessions of the married 
couple should be equal in amount ; but that, in dispo- 
sition and manners, they should be alike. Chastity and 
modesty are the best dowry a young woman can have." 






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Mn igndra mali mlspjis succurrere disco. Virg — " Not 
unversed in suffering, I learn to succour the wretched." 
The words of Dido to ^neas. See Maud ignara, <fcc. 

JSon ilia colo caluthisve Minervcd 

Foemlneas assuPta manm. Virg. 

--" Not to the distaff or the work-baskets of Minerva had 
she accustomed her womanly hands." Though originally 
said of Camilla, the female warrior, these words are 
app icable to an indolent and ignorant woman. 

Jyon tile pro caris amlcis 

Aut patrid thmdus pPrlre. HoR. 

— " He fears not to die for his beloved friends or for his 

country. The sentiment of a hero and a patriot. 

JSon in caro niddre voluptas 

Summa sed in teipso est, tu pulmentdria qucBre 
budando. tt 

--"The chief pleasure [in eating] does not We^h, the 
rich flavour, but m yourself. Do you seek dainties by 
sweating." The benefit of exercise and the value of a 
good appetite. 

^''on intelUgltur quando olrYpit senectus, Cic — " We do not 

perceive it, while old age creeps on apace." 
^oninteWgunt hommes quam magnum vectlgal sit parsimbnia. 

CIC- Men do not understand how great a revenue is 

economy. In accordance with Franklin's saying, that 
a penny saved is a penny earned." 
Nonmmsa feres pu,ris munuscula parvis. Hoe. — " You 

will^ be the bearer of no unwelcome presents to the chil- 

Mn ita est, neque cnique mortdlium injuHcB su<e parvce viden- 

%ht to'any^'an ' " "'' "' "°^ '^ '" ^"" "^"^ ^ear 

Non letum timeo ; genus est miserdhlle leti ; 

Bemltenaufragium ; mors mihi minus erit. Ovid 

Tv ^^^^^^^* t^^^ ; it is the dreadful kind of death • 

take away the shipwreck, and death will be a gain to me." 

JSon hcet hominem esse scBpe ita ut vult, si res non sinit. Ter 
~ A man often cannot be what he would, if circum- 
stances do not permit it." 

mn licet in hello bis peccdre. Frov.^-In war, it is not per- 
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JSbn liquet.—'' It is not clear." Words used in the Eoman 
law, when the judge gave the verdict ignoramus, similar to 
that of the Scotch at the present day, "not proven." It 
is called "Ampliation," or a "verdict of ignoramus," and 
neither acquits nor convicts the party accused. 

JSbn lugenda est mors quam consequltur immortdlttas. CiC. — 
" That death is not to be mourned which is followed by 
immortality." 

Non magni pendis quia contlgit. HoR. — " You do not 

value it greatly, because it came by accident." 

Non me pudet fatfri nesclre quod nesciam. Cic. — " I am not 
ashamed to confess myself ignorant of that which I do 
not know." 

Non metuis duhio Fortilnce stantis in orhe 

Numen, et exoscB verba superha Dece ? Ovid. 
— " Dost thou not fear the Divine power of Fortune, as 
she stands on the unsteady wheel, and of the goddess who 
abhors all boastful words r " 

Non mihi mille placent ; non sum desultor amoris. Ovid. — "A 
thousand girls have no charms for me ; I am no rover in love." 

Non mihi sapit qui sermone, sed qui factis sapit. Greg. 
Agrigent. — " I esteem a man wise, not according to his 
words, but according to his deeds." 

Non mihi si lingucB centum sint, oraque centum, 
Ferrea vox, omnes possim comprendere. Viro. 
— " Not though a hundred tongues were mine, a hundred 
mouths, and iron voice, could 1 include them all." 

Non missura cutem, nisi plena crudris hirudo. HoR. — " A 
leech that will not leave the skin until sated with blood." 

Non nobis, JDomme.—" Not unto us, O Lord." The begin- 
ning of the 115th Psalm. Some verses of this Psalm, be- 
ginning as above, have been used for ages as a grace after 
dinner, and are still chaunted at public festivals. 

Non nobis solum nati sumus. Cic. — " We are bom not Ibr 
ourselves alone." 

" Not for thyself alone, 
Did Nature form* thee." Armstrong. 

Non nostrum inter vos tantas componere lites. Virg. — "It is 
not for me to settle for you such serious disputes." 

Non nunc dgitur de vectlgdHbus, non de sociorum injQriis ; 
libertas et dnima nostra in duhio est. CiC. — " The question 






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IS not now as to our revenues,not as to tbe injuries sustained 
by our allies ; our liberties and our lives are at stake " 
Non obstante veredicto. Law Term, — " The verdict not- 
withstanding." 

"^"^len?" ^''''"'''^ ^"'' Ovid.—" Your eyes were not 

Non mnnem molitor quce fluit unda videt,—" The miller does 

not see everything which is carried past by the stream " 

A mediaeval proverb. 

JSTon omne quod nitet aurum est. Frov.—" All is not eold 
that glitters." ^ 

Mn omnes arhusta juvant himiJesque myrlcce, Virg — " The 

fj^^^.f^ ^^e humble tamarisks have not their chajrms 

---Non omnes eadem mirantur amantque. Hoe.— « AH men 

do not admire and love the same objects." Tastes differ 

feo our proverb, " So many men so many minds." See 

Ue gustibus, &c., and Quot homines, &c, 
Nonmnnia eadem ceque omnibus sudvia esse scito, Plaut — 
Know that all things are not equally sweet to all men " 
--JSon omnia possumus omnes, ViRO.— " We cannot any 

of us do everything." Each one is suited for his own 

sphere, and that alone. 
Non omnis error stultitia est dictndus.-^" Every error must 

not be caUed foolishness." A mistake need not be the 

result of systematic folly or weakness. 
Non^^nisfert omnia tellus,—^^ Not every land bears every. 

Non omnis mortar; mult a que pars mei 

Vitdbit Libmnam. HoR. 

—" I shall not wholly die ; and a great part of me shall 
escape Libitina" Libitina was the goddess who was sup. 
rnd;ing%LT ' "" ^—1— Horace here anticipat^ 

Non opus admisso subd^re calcar equo.— ''There is no need 
to spur a horse at full speed." " We must not ride a will- 
mg horse too hard." A mediaeval adaptation from Ovid 

Non opwi est magnis placUo lectore poetis ) 

Quamhbet invHum difficilemque tenent,' OvTD 
—"Great poets have no need of an indulgent reader ; thev 
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Non placet quern scurrtB laudant, mdnipuldres mussitant. 
Plaut. — " I like not the man whom the town-gossips 
praise aloud, but of whom his neighbours are silent." 
Non posse bene geri rempublicam muUdrum imperiis. Corn. 
Nep.— " Under the command of many, the affairs of the 
commonwealth cannot be well conducted." "]N"o man 
can serve two masters." See St, Matt, vi. 24. 
Non possidentem multa vocdvPris 
Becte bedtum, Bectius occiipat 
Nomen bedti, qui Debrum 
Muneribus sapienter uti, 
Duramque callet pauperiem pati. Hob. 
— " Tou cannot properly call a man happy because he 
possesses much. He more justly claims the title of hap- 
p^, who understands how to make a wise use of the 
gifts of the gods, and how to endure the privations of no- 
verty." ^ 

Non possum f err e, Qutrites^ 

ChrcBcam urbem. Juv. 

— "I cannot endure, Eomans! a Grecian city." 
Non potest severus esse in judicando, qui alios in se severos 

esse judtces non vult. Cic— " He cannot be impartiid in 

judging others, who does not wish others to be strict 

judges of himself." 
Non progredi est regredi, Prov,—'' Not to go on is to go 

back." Nothing in this worid is stationary, and that which 

does not advance retrogrades. 
Non proniiba Juno^ 

Non Hgmenceus adest, non illi Ordtia lecto ; 

Eumemdes strdvere torum.- Ovid. 

—"No Juno, guardian of the marriage rites, no Hyme- 

r aeus, no one of the Graces, attended those nuptials The 

Furies strewed the marriage bed." 
Non propter vitam fdciunt patrimonia quidam, 

Sed vitio cceci propter patrimonia vivunt, JtiT. 

— "Some persons do not acquire estates for the enjoyment 

of life, but, blind in error, live only for their estates'" 
Nonpudendo, sed non JTiciendo id quod non decet, impudenticB 

effugere nomen debemus. Cic— " Not by being ashamed 

of doing, but by avoiding to do, what is unbecoming, we 

ought to shun the imputation of effrontery." 



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Nonjurgat peccdta qui negat Prov.^'^ He who denies his 
ottences does not atone tor them." 

Non quam diu, sed quam bene vixPris refert. Sen. " Not 

how long, but how well, you have lived, is the question." 

JSon qui soUtur, non qui labentia tarde 

Tempora narrandofallat, amicus adest. Ovtd. 
—"There is no friend nigh to console me, no one to be- 
guile my moments with his converse, as they slowly creep 

N'on quia tu dignus, sed quia mitts ego. Ovid.—" Not that 

you were worthy, but because I was indulgent." 
J\on quisquam frwtur verts oddrlbus, 

Syblwos latebris nee spoliatfavos, 

Si frontem caveat, si Hmeat rubos, 

Ornat spina rosas, mella tegunt apes. 

— " No one will enjoy the sweet-smelling flowers of sprincr 

^fV^^ the Hybl^an honeycombs in their concealment! 

It he dreads his tace being stung, or fears the brambles. 

b thTbees .P'"''''^ "^ ^^^^ '^^ *^^'"''' *^^ ^^^^y protected 

Non quivis sudvia comedit edfilia. Prov.—'' Not every one 

eats nice dainties." See Kon cuivis, &c. 
Non quo sed qudmodo.--^^ Not by whom, but how." Motto 

ot Lord Howard de Walden. 
Non refert quam multos sed quam bonos lih^os habeas ac legas 

BEN.—' It matters not how many, but how good, are the 

books you possess and read." 

^Tt '^^'' tTmf It ''^'''^ procedure quce dciilis agas alienis. 
uiVT.— ihat business does not usually go on well, which 
you transact with the eyes of other persons." 

Non scholar sed vitce discimus. Sen.-" We learn not at 
school '"^ ^'''' education is only commenced at 

Non scribit, cujus carmma nemo legit. Mart.—" That man 

IS not a writer, whose verses no one reads." 
Non semper ea sunt qucB videntur ; dedpit 

Frons prima multos. Ph^d. 

— " Things are not always what they seem to be • first 

appearances deceive many." ' 

Non semper eritcBstas.-^^\i wQl not always be summer." 

A translation from Hesiod. 



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Non semper erunt Saturruilia. Frov.-^^^ It wiU not alwa> a 

be holiday time." -^ 

Non semper idemfloribus est lonos 
Vemis ; neque uno luna rubens nitet 

Vultu. 'Ron 

-7" The same glorious colour does not always remain in 
the flowers of sprmg, nor does the ruddy moon shine with 
the same aspect." 

^Tj^f''"'^^ It does not foUow." It is not a necessar.^ 
interence. The phrase is sometimes used as a substantive. 

JSonst male nunc et ohm sic erit. Hoe.—" Though matters 
may be bad to-day, they may be better to-morrow." " It 
IS a long lane that has no turning." " Heaviness may 

Psalm Jxx b ""'^ ^""^ '''''^^^^ "" *^^ morning." 

Nonsibi sed toti genitum se credere mundo. Lucan — " To 

beheve himself bom not for himself, but for the whole 

Non soles resficere te, cum dicas injuste alteri? Plaijt — 
-- Are you not accustomed to look at yourself when you 
abuse another ? " ^ 

Non solum scientia qucB est remota a jusfitid, callWtas potim 
quam sapientia est appellanda ; verum etiam animus pardtus 
adpericulum si sud cupmtdte, non ufditdte comJuni im- 
peUttur auddct^ potius nomen habet quam fortitudhm. - 
)^ A V ?* f.^y °^ay that knowledge which is not go- 
verned by justice be caUed cunning rather than wisdom; 
but that courage also which is ready to encounter every 
danger, when impelled by avarice and not the common good 
may be called audacity, rather than fortitude." 
Non solum natura sed etiam Ugtbus popiddrum constitiltum est 
ut non hceat sui commodi causd nocere alteri. Cic — " It 
IS crdained not only by nature, but also by the law of na- 
tions that it shall not be allowable for a person to injure 
another for his own benefit " 

■^therc^ ,f>'^^"^^^*. Law Zatin.-^" 1 am not informed 

^Z""^^"^ ir^^ T^. HoR.-"Iam not what I once 

was. The words of one who feels the eff"ects of old age. 

Non sum quodfueram. OyiD.-« I am not what I once 

was. 



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Non sum uni angulo nattis : patria mea totus hie est mundw. 
Sen. — " I was not born for one corner : all the world is 
my country." I am a citizen of the world. 

Nbn sunt amlci qui degunt procul. JProv. — " They are not 

^ your friends who live at a distance." See Multas amici- 
tias, &c. 

Non sunt jildleiis omnia danda meis. OviD. " Every point 

is not to be yielded to my recommendations." 

Non tali auxUio, nee defensorihus istis^ 

Tempus eget. Yirg. 

— " We do not, at this time, want such aid as that, nor 
such defenders." 

Non tarn ovum ova simile. Frov. — " More like than one ez^ 
is to another." "^ 

Non tamportas intrdre patentes, 

Quam fregisse juvat ; nee tarn patiente colono 
Arva premi, quam si ferro populentur et igni. 

Concessd pudet ire via. LrCAN. 

~" It does not give him so much delight to enter by open 
gates, as to have forced them ; nor so much that the fields 
be ploughed by the patient husbandman, as laid waste by 
fire and sword. He is reluctant to enter by a path con- 
ceded." One of this poet's usual misrepresentations of 
Julius Caesar. 
-Non tamen intus 



Digna geri promes in scenam : multdque tolles 
Ex ociilis, qu€B mox narret fdcundia prcesens. HoE. 
— " You must not, however, bring upon the stage things 
fit only to be acted behind the scenes ; and you must take 
away from view many actions which an eloquent reciter 
may afterwards in person relate." Murders for instance. 
-Non tamen irrltum 



Quodcunque retro est, effidet ; neque 
Dijffinget, infectumque reddet, 
Quodfiwiens semel hora vexit. Hob. 

—"Not Heaven will render ineffectual what is past, or 
annihdate and undo what the fleeting hour has once car- 
ried away with it." 
Non temerdrium est, uli dives hlande appellat pawph-ein, 
Plaut. — " It is not for nothing, when a rich man accosts 
a poor one courteously." 






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287 



Non temere est, quod corvus cantat miU nunc al Icevd manu 
fLAUT.-- It was not for nothing that the raven was lust 
now croakmg on my left hand." So in Gay's Pables 
" That raven on yon left-hand oak 
(Curse on his ill-betiding croak !) 

Bodes me no good." 

Nontu corpus eras sine pectore, IH tihiformam, 
Bi tihi divUias dederant, artemque fruendi. 'Hob 
— " You are not a body without a soul. The gods have 
given you a beauteous form, the gods have given you 
wealth and the faculty of enjoying it." An elegant com- 
phment paid by Horace to his friend the poet TibuUus 
Non tu sets, cum ex alto puteo sursum ad summum ascendhis 
Maximum periculum tnde esse, a summo 7ie rursum cadas? 

II Ti , 1 , Plaut. 

— uo you not know that when you have ascended from 

a deep well to the top, there is the greatest danger lest 

you should fall back again from the top ?" 
Non umbras node volantes, 

Non tlmeo strictas in mea fata manus. Ovid. 

— " I fear not ghosts that flit by night, or'hands armed 

lor my destruction." 
Non unquam tdcuisse nocet, nocet esse locutum.—'' It never 

hurts us to have kept silence, it hurts us to have spoken." 
j\on v^ttdta, nee tenuiferar 

Pennd. HoE. 

— " I shall soar on no common, no feeble, wing." 
Non ut diu vlvdmus curandum est, sed ut satis. Sen — " It 

should be our care to live not long, but weU enough " 

liite ought to be distinguished not so much by a number 

ot years as by good actions. 
Non ut placUis coeant immltia, non ut 

Serpentes dv7bus geminentur, tlgrWus agni. Hob. 

--" Not to such a degree that the tame should unite with 

the savage ; nor that serpents should be coupled witli 

bu-ds, lambs with tigers." A sample of inconsistency. 
Non uti hhet, sed uti licet, sic vmmus. Frov.—" We muf <t 

live not as we like but as we can." We must " make a 

virtue of necessity." See Ut quimus, &c. 
Non uxor salvum te vult, nonfllius : omnes 

Vicini oderunt, noti, pueri, atque puella. HoB. 



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NON— NOS. 



— Neither % wife nor % son wishes weU to thee : 
all thy neighbours hate thee, thy acquaintances, even 
the^yery boys a,xd girls." Addressed to a miser; hated 

^Z "t Ti ''■'^«"'^'" ■. "* .*'■* '"'^«*»*- Qui inguJrit, quid 
xnse dictum ut, ,e ipse inquUtat. Sen.-" Do you wish 

what hir"-"""^-^. ^\""* '"'l"^^*i^«- He who^qJCes 
what has been said of him, torments himself." ^ 

charit'T" A '^'i"*-"T"^°*y°"'' S°°'i ^«hes,but your 
cbarity. A mediaival expression. 

——NoHumque premdtur in annum. HoE.— " And let it be 
^rtlt'^ "P. *° ^ "'"''' y^"^-" ^ recommendat on to 

— ;j-ZVon> quam elt^gans formdnm spectator fern. Tee — 

^y^>^ w5/ m^^ dltquU in lucem edTttus 
MumancB vitce vdria reputantes mala, ' 
At qui labores morte Jinisset graves ' 
ihnnes amlcos laude et IcBtltid exequi. Cic 

woria thinking of the various evils of human life- biif- 

ht"L\ ^'".'^' f. r^ ^'' ^^^^^^ ^i« toilsome Lbo^3 al 
his friends should be affected with feelings of con^tu 
lation and joy." A quotation from Euripides ^ 

i\osjragUi vastum ligno sulcdvmm cequor. OviD ~« Wp 
have ploughed the va^t ocean in a frail bark ' ' 

——JSosh<£c novmus esse nihil. Mart — " We knnw fl.nf 
these things are nothing at all." Me.. triE^'^ '^'' 

^os in vttium crediila turba sumus. Ovid — " We aro « 

multitude prone to vice, ever ready to be led' astrav^' 

mspatri.Jines et duleia linqulmus ll Viaa -™k quit 

IreweH " "' ""' '"''''' ''^^' ^' ''^^ °- pleasant ^lats 

""doS foZdoe?"-" ^' «° ^•*'' *^^ --'!•" We 

^%fZT' i^'f/'^'"'^' mtmu, pStientius ante; 

Etmala sunt lango multiplicdtadie. Qvid 



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-Nos te. 



7 

M)s/acimuSf Fortuna, deam. Jijv. 



" It is we, Fortune, it is we that make thee a goddess." 

See N^ullum numen habes, &c. 
Nosce tempus. JProv. — " Know your opportunity." " Make 

hay while the sun shines," 
Noscenda est mensura sui spectandaque relus 

In summis mintmisque. Juv. 

— " One should know one's own measure, and keep it in 

view, in the greatest and in the most trifling matters." 
Noscitur ex sociis, Frov.—" He is known from his com- 

E anions." An estimate of his character is to be formed 
•om the company he keeps. " Birds of a feather," &c. 
Nosse h(sc omnia salus est adolescentulis. Tee.—" To know 

all these things is salvation for youth." 
I^ostra sine auxllio fugiunt bona ; carplte florem. Ovin.— 
" Our advantages fly irretrievably ; then gather flowers 
while ye may." 

-—JSTostH farrago libelli. HoE,— " The medley of mv 
book." -^ ^ 

mta 5^;^^.— "Mark weU!" note weU. Often signified by 
N B., calling the reader's attention in especial to what 
follows. 

--—mfa mala res opiUma est. Plattt.— " A bad thing is 
best known." ^ 

JSTotcs TirdnidncB.—" Tiroman. notes." Short-hand writing 
was so called in the earlier part of the middle ages, from 
Inllius Tiro, the freedman of Cicero, who was supposed 
to have invented it. 

JVbtandi sunt fibi tnores. Hoe.—" You must study the 

manners of men." 

N'otltiam primosque gradus viclnia fecit ; 

Tempore crevit amor. OviD. 

—-" Proximity caused their first acquaintance, and their 
first advances m love ; with time their afiection in- 
creased." 

Novdciila in cotem. Frov.--" The razor against the whet- 
stone ' Sharp as he is, he has met his match. See 
J^ragili qucerens, &c. 

Novi^ ego hoc sceculum, moribus qidhis siet. Plaut.— -" I know 
this age, what its manners are." 

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Novi ingenium mulierum, 

Nolunt uhi veils, uli nolis cupiunt ultro. Tee. 

— " I know the disposition of women ; when you will they 

won't, when you won't they will." 

Novos amicos dum paras, veteres cole.-— ''While you cultivate 
new friendships, preserve your old ones." For remember, 
that it takes time to make friends. 

Novum intervenit vltium et cdldmitas, 

lit neque spectdri neque cognosci potuerit : 
Itapopulus studio stuptdus infunamhulo 

Animum occupdrat. . Teb. 

— "An universal disaster and calamity interrupted [my 
play], so that it could not be witnessed throughout or 
estimated : so much had the populace, carried away with 
silly admiration, devoted their attention to some rope- 
dancing." ^ 

Novus homo,—'' A new man." A man of yesterday ; a mush- 
room, an upstart. 

Nox atra cava circumvolat umhrd. Virg. — " Black night 

envelopes them with her surrounding shade." 

Nox erat; et Hfores intrdhat luna fenestras. Ovid. "It 

was night, and the moon entered at the windows with 
their double shutters." 

NoxicB poena par esto. Cic— " Let the punishment be equal 
to the offence." 

Nuces relinquere.—" To leave the nuts." To lav aside child- 
ish amusements. 

Nudum pactum. Law Term.—'' A naked agreement." A 
bare promise, made in words only, and not confirmed by 
a written contract. 

Nugm canbrcB. Hoe.— " Melodious trifles." Agreeable non- 
sense. 

Nugis addere pondus. HoE.— " To add weight to trifles." 

Nulla aconita hihuntur 

FicttUhus. Jrv. 

— " No wolfsbane is drunk out of earthen vessels " The 
peasant is in no danger of poison when eating from his 
humble dish— because there is no inducement to put an 
end to his life. ^ 

Nulla (Btas ad perdiscendum est. St. Ambeose.— " There is 
no age past learning." 



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291 



Nulla bona. Law Phrase. — "No goods," or "no assets." 

Nulla capitdlior pestis quam voluptas corporis hommibus a 
naturd data. Cic. — " No pest more deadly has by nature 
been allotted to men than sensual indulgences." ' 

Nulla dies dbeat, quin llnea ducta supersit. Prov. — " Let no 
day pass by, without a line being drawn and left in re- 
membrance of it." No day should be allowed to pass 
without leaving some memorial of itself. 

Nulla discordia major quam qucs a religione Jit, — "No ani- 
mosities are more bitter than those which arise from re- 
ligion." See Odium theologicum. 

Nulla est sincera voluptas ; 

SollMtique aliquid Icetis intervenit. Ovid. 

— " No pleasure is without alloy ; some anxiety always in- 
terferes with our joys." See Medio de, &c. 

Nulla falsa doctrina est, qu<s non permisceat alt quid veritdtis. 
— " There is no doctrine so false as not to be mingled with 
some truth." 

Nulla fere catisa est, in qua nonfosmina litem 

Moverit. Juv. 

— " There is hardly any dispute, in which a woman did not 
cause the breach." 

Nulla f event talem scecla futura virum. — "No future ages 
wiU produce such a man." 

Nulla fides regni sociis, omnisque potestas 

Impatiens consortis erit. Lijcan. 

— "There is no faith between the sharers in rule, and 
all power will be impatient of a sharer." See Summa 
sedes, &c. 

Nulla herba aut vis mortis tela frangit. — " No herb or might 
can break the darts of death." 

Nulla potentia supra leges esse debet. Cic. — " There ought 
to be no power above the laws." 

Nulla quidem sano grdvior mentisque potenti 

JPoena est, quam tanto displicuisse viro. Ovid. 
— ^** There is no punishment more severe to a man of 
principle and good sense, than to have displeased so dis- 
tinguished a person." 

Nulla re facUius concilidtur benevolentia multitudinis, quam 
abstinentid et continentid. Cic. — " By nothing is the good 

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292 



mrL. 



will of the multitude more easily conciliated, than by ab- 
stinence and moderation." 
I^ulla recordanti lux est ingrdta gravisque, 
Nulla fuit cujus non memtnisse velit. 
Ampliat cetdtis spatium sihi vir boni^, hoc est 

Vlvere bis, vita posse prior e frui. JMabt. 

— " No day can be cause of grief and bitter reflection to a 
good man, none is there which he is unwilling to remem- 
ber : he prolongs the period of existence, and may be 
said to live twice, in that he can enjoy the days that are 
past." '' 

Nulla reparabtlis arte, 

LcBsa pud'icitia est. Ovid. 

—"Chastity, once tarnished, can be restored by no 
art. -^ 

Nulla res tantum ad discendum proficit quantum scriptio Cic 
—" Nothing has so greatly assisted learning, as the art 
of writing." 

Nulla salus hello. Viro.— « There is no safety in war " 

Nulla scahies scdhiosior superstitione.—" No itch more infec- 
tious than superstition." 

Nulla tarn bona est fortdna, de qua nil possis queri. Syr — 
"There is no fortune so good, but you may find some- 
thing to complain of" 

Nulla unqu^m de morte hommis cunctdtio longa est. Juv — 

" When a man's life is at stake, no deliberation can be too 
long. 

Nulla venendto litera mixta joco est. Ovid. — " Not a letter 
of my writings is sullied by a malevolent joke." 

Nulla yitcB pars vacdre officio potest. Cic— " No period of 
lile is exempt from its duties." 

NullcB sunt occultiorcs insldia quam ece qua latent in simuld- 
tione officii, aut in dl/quo necessitudmis ndnune. Cic — 
"There are no acts of treachery more deeply concealed 
than those which lie veiled beneath a semblance of kind- 
ness, or under some plea of necessity." 

Nullam habent persondrum rationem. Cic. — " They are no 
respecters of persons." 

Nulldque mortdles prceter sua littora norant. Ovid.—" And 
mortals knew no shores beyond their own." A descrip- 



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tion of the ignorance of mankind in the earlier ages of 
the world. 
Nulli est homini perpetuum bonum. Plaut. — " No man en- 
joys blessings to last for ever." 
Nulli jactantius moerent, quam qui maxtme Icetantur, Tag. — 
" None mourn with such loud sorrow as those who are in 
reality the most delighted." 
Nulli negdbimus, nulli differ emus justttiam. — " To no man 
will we deny, to no man will we delay, the administration 
of justice." This assurance is given in Magna Charta, 
the charter of our liberties. 
Nulli secundus. — " Second to none." 

Nulli suis peccdtis impediuntur quo minus alterius peccdta 
demonstrdre possint. — " None are prevented by their own 
faults from pointing out the faults of another." 

Nulli tdcuisse nocet, nocet esse locdtum. — " To be silent 

hurts no one ; to be talkative does the mischief" 
Nulli tam feri affectus ut non discipllnd perdomentur. — " No 
propensities are so unbridled that they may not be sub- 
dued by discipline." 

Nullis amor est medicdbiUs herbis. Ovid. — " Love is to 

be cured by no drugs." 
Nullis frauds tuta latebris. Cameraeius. — " In no con- 
cealment is fraud safe." 
Nullms addictus Jurdre in verba magistri, 

Quo me cunque rapit tempestas, dfflror Jiospes. Hob. 
— " Not pledged to swear by the words of any master, 
I am borne as a guest wherever the weather drives me." 
Horace here owns himself an eclectic philosopher, and not 
an adherent of any one sect. 
Nullum a labore me recllnat otium. Hob. — "No intermis- 
sion affords me repose from my labours." 
Nullum anarchid majus est malum. — "There is no greater 

evil than anarchy." 

Nullum ego sum numen, quid me immortdlibus oequas ? — " I am 

no divinity ; why do you put me on a level with the gods ? " 

Nullum est malum mujus, quam non posse ferre malwtn. — 

" There is no greater misfortune than not to be able to 

endure misfortune." 

Nullum est nunc dictumj quod sit non dictum prius. Teb. — 



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294 



NUL. 



fore ^'""^ is nothing said now, that has not been said be- 
J^uUum imperium tutum nisi henevolentid munitum. Coen 

^^•■^n r'^/TP"'^ '^ ^^^'''^^ ^^^3 ^* is supported by the 
good wiU [of the people]." ^^ ^ 

Nullum infortunium solum.—'' No misfortune comes singly " 
Misfortunes never come alone. "It never rains but it 
pours. A mediaeval proverb. 

Nullum imquum in jure prcesumendum est. Law Max — " No 
injustice IS to be presumed in the law." It is not to be 
presumed that the law will sanction anything that is un- 

Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixturd dementice. Sen — 
Ihere is no great genius without a tincture of madness " 
It IS a common saying, that every man is mad upon some 
point. Dryden says, 

" Great wits are sure to madness near allied, 
And thm partitions do their bounds divide " 
Ihis was originaUy a saying of Aristotle. 
JSuUum magnum malum quod extremum est. Coen. Nep — 

bein ^theTa^^^* '^ '^ '^ *^^ ^^'* "^^ ^^''^ *° ^^^•" ^^^^^ 
Nullum numenahesi si sit prudentia.-- No protecting deity 

J^uHum numen hales, H sit prudentia : nos te 

Nos^cimus Fortuna, deam, cceUque hcdmus. Jut 

Tt \77. ^V 1"* f°'"?f g*^*' ^^r ''""I'l^* h'^^e no divinity. 
It 13 we, Fortune, it la we that make thee a eoddess and 
place thee in the heavens." goaaess, and 

Nullum smUequatuor pedtbus cnrrit. Prw. quoted by Lord 

^^■7? fi"\'^ "^^ °° "111 fours ;■- or, as Co^ says 
ISo sunile holds in everything." There are no two things 
alike m every respect. ^ 

'Nullum sine ndmme saxum. Lfcan.—" Not a stone is 
^thout a name/' Every spot in such a city as Trorhad 
been distmguished by some memorable event. 
the"li3"' TT' "'^\ CoKE_"No time precludes 
crown^^' ^^'^ ^'"^^ ^^'' *^^ "S^*^ ^^ t^e 



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Nullus argent color est, 

—nisi temper dto 

Splendeat usu. YLo^ 

^';fm;7ate"s:VPl-^--f its o^vn. unless it shines 

]Sullu^ commUum capere potest de injurid sudprSprid Lav, 
^«^ -"No person may take advantage of hifoT^oiJ" 
^t ii'^Iv'^ rV""""" ^ '"''° *" "l^rive advanta^^^^an 

iV«7/l /; ^ ''^' wrongfuUy taken part. ^ 

f ""'*•.„ ^^f-— There is no suffering which lenrth nf 
time will not diminish and soften." ^ ^ °^ 

phew.ptr&oUt^^'^- ^^^' ^--^ ^^i^ 

S£;Sv"'-"«^ '"^^ - --•• He is dull and 
of a f Jend ™ ^'"""'°"' *''"'' '^'^ '"^"^ ^^^ 'he disguise 

ecoiri^^g^hTy^rve-- "^^ '^-^*^ ^-- 

penny gainfd." BZ'knTtelli.utt aS, T' " " 
MUus unquam amdtor adeo est callfde ' 

— No lover is ever so skilled in eloquence as to be ahl-- 

X<?^e solutis. Hob. 

He' Ws with°'^H "^''"^ ? ''""'^"'^ unfettered by laws." 
-n-e treats with utter contempt all noetic toIp/ tu- 

""rnorruCrir-ir^f '"^^^^^ -r"^- - 

speak ,„.„„„,-;-;^^^Ja^t.^to say. when we 
^eas, you have need of courage, and a resolute hearth' 



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mnc dimittis.--- [Lord,-] nowlettest thou [thy servant! de 

Nunc ettamsomni pingues, nunc frigUus humor; 
Jitjiqmdum tenui gutture cantat avis. Ovid 

-- iNow the slumbers are sound, now the moisture of 
the morn is refreshing ; the birds too are swe^t ™ 
bling with their little throats." "v^tjeiiy war- 

2^unc mare, nunc sylvce 

nreicio Aquilone sonant; rapidmus, amJei 

UccCmonem de die. ' jr 

— " JSTow the sea, now the woods resound withThe Thra 
cmn north.ea.t wind; let us, my friends, seize the oppo?" 
tunity offered by this auspicious day." ^^ 

-N^ric omnis ager, nunc omnis partarit arhos 
Nuncfiondent sglv^ nunc Jhrmosisshm^ annL Vikg 
«Tnnf '"^"'^ t^^ '' S"^^°' ^^^'y tree puts forth its 

^'uncpditmur longer pacts mala; scevior armis 

Lnxuria tnciibuit, victumque ulciscctur orhem. Jut 
- J^^ow do we suffer the evils of prolonged peace • luxurv 
more ruthless than the sworj^ broods over u a^d 
avenges a conquered world." A picture of W Vits 

mncpro tunc. Law Term.-^^^ Now for then " 
Jyunc retrorsum 

Vela dare, atque iterdre cursus 

Cogor relictos.' jj^j^ 

tTa':; I had dIseS ■' '" '"'^ ''^'''' '^^ *° -»-- *be 
Ifunc scio quid nt Amor : duns in cauttbue ilium 
^marus,aut Bhodope, aut ecctremi Oaramantes, 

— " Now I know what Love is : Isniania nr PI, J 

the remotest Garamantes produced hTm^rili^PS^; 
a child not of our race or blood." -^^ggea ciitts, 

liTunc si nos audis, atque es divlnus, Apollo 

« ^ '' .?''' ""^^'^os non hahet unde petat ? 
— JNow it you hsten to us, and are a eod Annll^ +^ii 
me whence he who has got no money is to^gei k? -^'' ^^ 



NFIST. 



297 



Nunc tuum ferrum in igni est. Prov. — " Now your iron is 

in the fire." " Strike while the iron is hot." 
Nunquam ad liqmdum fama perdfmtur. — " Eumour never can 
f be brought to state things with clearness." 
Nunquam aUud natHra, aliud sopientia dicit. Juv. " Na- 
ture never says one thing, wisdom another." 
Nunquam erit alienis gravis, qui suis se concinnat levem. 

— He wiU never be despised by others, who makes him- 

self respected by his own relations." 
Nunquam est fidelis cum potente societas. Ph^d. " An 

alliance with the powerful is never sure." 
Nunquam igltur satis lauddri digne poterit phiUsopliia, cui qui 

pdreat, omne tempus cetdtis sine molestid possit degere. Cic. 

--" Philosophy therefore can never be sufficiently praised ; 

for he who is obedient to her laws may pass through 

every stage of life without discontent." 
Nunquam in vita mihi fuit melius. Plaut.—" Never in my 

life was I better,"— in better circumstances. 
Nunquam ita quisquam bene suhductd ratione ad vitamfuit, 

Quin res, atas, usus, semper aliquid apportet novi, 

Altquid moneat ; ut ilia, quce te scire credas, nesclas, 

Et qu(B tibi putdris prima, in experiundo nunc repudie^. 

—"Never was there any person of such well-trained 
habits of life, but experience, age, and custom were always 
bringing him something new, or suggesting something; 
so much so, that what you believe you know, you don't 
know, and what you have fancied of first importance to 
you, on making trial you reject." 

Nunquam libertas grdtior extat 

Quam sub rege pio. Claud. 

-—" Liberty is never more inviting than under a pious 
king " Good government and a rational degree of liberty 
are then united. 

Nunquam minus solus quam cum solus. Cic. " Never 

less alone than when alone." The words of a philoso- 
pher, who estunated the pleasures of self-communion and 
reflection. 

Nunquam nimis curdre possunt suum parentemJili<B, Plaut. 



298 



NUI^— O. 



--" Daughters can never take too much care of their 
lather. 

I^unquam nimis dlcitur, quod nunquam satis discttur. Sen — 
ihat IS never too often repeated, which is never suffi- 
ciently learned." 

Nunquam potest non esse virtilti locus. Sen.—" Eoom can 

never be wanting for virtue." 
J^unquam sunt arati qui ndcuere sales.—'' Witticisms are 

never agreeable which are productive of injury." 
Nunquam vidi iniquius concertatidnem compdrdtam. Tee — 

" I never saw a more unequal contest." 
Nunquid vit(S mimum commode perPgisset ? — " Whether he had 

not well played his part in the comedy of life?" The 

question put to his friends by Augustus C^sar on his 

death-bed. 

Nusquam nee opera sine emolumento, nee emolumentum ferme 
sine operd, tmpensa est. Liyt.— « There is nowhere labour 
without profit, and seldom profit without labour " 

^usquam tutajides. Yieo.-" Confidence is nowhere 

salely placed." Such is the case in times of civil com- 
motion. 

Nutrit pax Cer^rem, pads arnica Ceres. Ovid — " Peace 
nourishes Ceres, Ceres is the friend of peace." 

Nutu Dei, non ccpco casu, regimur et nos et nostra. — " By the 
\viU of God, not by blind chance, are we and all things be- 
longing to us governed." 



0. 

^\9^ ?'"~9®^^^ prayers or anthems. in the Eoman Catho- 
lic church were called the O, 0, O's, as they severally 
begin with O sapieniia, O radix, O Adondi, &c. : they 
are sung in the evening for nine days before Christmas 
day. 

O hedta sdnttas, te prcesente amcenum 

Ver floret gratiis ; absque te nemo hedtus. 
—"Oh blessed health! when thou art present the joyous 
spring blossoms m aU its gracefulness : without thee no 
one IS happy." 



0. 



299 



-0 c<pca nocentum 



Consilia, semper timidum scelus ! Statius 
•— " Oh how blind are the counsels of the emlty ' Oh how 
cowardly at aU times is wickedness ! " ^^ ^ ' 
O Corydon, Corydon, secretum dmtis ullum 

Esse putas ? Servi ut tdceant J^y 

— " Oh Corydon, Corydon, do you suppose that anything 

theTr toTg'lies'' ' '''' """""' ^ '''^ ^ '^' ^^™^^^ ^'^^ 

O cums hominum ! O quantum est in rehu^ inane ! Pees — 

, Oh ! the cares of men ! Oh ! how much vanity there is 

l^irr2 "Canity of vanities; all is^aSty." 

O curvcB in terris dnTimce, et coelestium indnesf—" Oh ' grovel 
hng souls on earth, how devoid of all that is heavenly f " " 

Ufactles dare summa Deos, eddemque tueri ' 

mjicnes. LucAN 

--" How ready are the gods to bestow on us prosperity 
how averse to insure our tenure of it ! " ^ :!> 

Ofortuna, viris invUa forfihus, 

Quam non cequa lonis prcemia dmdis ' Sen 

—"Oh fortune, envious of able men, what an unequal share 

of thy prizes dost thou award to the good ' " 

O fortundtam, natam, me conside, Momam ! — « Oh hannv 
Bome, when I was consul, born." The only line that 

noet^'%f ^-^ * 1 \' '! ^^^^^^'^ unfortunate Attempt, a 
poetry. The jingle between the second and third words 
IS the great deformity, though the line is otherwise 
meagre enough. Juvenal, to whom we are indebted for 
the preservation of It, says that Cicero "might have scorn! 

this "' "'^' '^ "^ ^" ^**^^^^ ^^ b^^^ like 

Ofortundti nimium, ma si bona norint, 
Mr7col,s, quibm ipsa, procul discordihus armis 

"At ^"'""f""]"" dictum jmtissma teUus. ViEa. 
i^.wtV ^"'''^n'i'n^a ■nore than happy, if they did but 

tarns, the grateful earth pours forth from her bosom a 
ready abundance." The first line is often applied to that 

S^ wete-."'"' °' P*^°P'^ "1-° "<J°'''t ^^^ -^-^ they 



300 



0. 



Jlft^f" f /""''» '"^'^^ humani,qu<e solum prc^entia 
^^"'Muret futura non magk prwvtdet. A Kempis, De 
J« CTm^j.-" Oh ! the diilness and the hardness of the 

iTt^l T"' I '''' contemplates only the present, and 

not rather the things of futurity." 
0/ imitatores! servumpecm! Hob.—" Oh ' ve imitator*, 

a servUe herd!" In allusion to the low pos^h^onrcuj^rd 

by the plagiary and copyist. ^ 

O major tandem, par cos, insane, minoH, HoE.— " Oh ' thou 

who art stiU more mad, spare me, I pray, who am not so 

mad. A phrase used ironically in paper warfare 
O mthi prcBtMtos refirat si Jupiter annos ! Vieg —" Oh ' 

that ^Jupiter would but give me back the years that are 

O mihi tarn longm maneat pars ultma vitcB, 

« ^r, ^^ ^"'^'^^^^ *^^ ^^^i i^a dlcere facta ! Yibg 
-- Uh! may my last stage of life continue so lon^ and 

th7dTeS r ^^ ^^""^^^ ""^ ^' '^^ '''^^^ *^'^^°g 

O miseras Ummum mentes O pectora ccca f Luceet.- 

Oh ! how wretched are the minds of men, oh ! how blind 

arejheir understandings ! " Applicable t^ popular delu- 

mUnera nondum 

Intellecta Deum Lfcan. 

— ;* Oh gifts from the gods, not yet understood/' 
O nmium faciles ! O toto pectore captcB ! Ovid — " Oh 

people too credulous! Oh people utterly gone mad ! " 
—-Ummmm nimiumque ohlite tuorum. Ovid.—" Oh ' far 

too far, forgetful of your kin ' " ' 

O passi grambra .'— - Vieo.-« Oh ye who have suffered 

greater dangers than these." aunerea 

^Pr^fjrum diem cum ad illud divimm animomm concnium 

cxtumque prqficiscar. Cic.-« Oh happy day, when I shall 

hasten to join that holy council and aLembllge of s^^^^^ 

fjr^ ^Z^'^^^y ^^\ g-eat philosopher appreciate 
doctrine of the immortality of the soul 

O quanta species cerebrum non hahet ! Ph^de — " Oh thit 

the%J3ttt'r '^^ '"'^^•" ^« ^^« ^^"^^'-^ 

O rus, qiiando te aspiciam ? quanduque licehit 



1 



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0-~OBS. 



301 



uucere solLicitm jucunda ohUvia vitce ? tt^ 

^aU^'if beTn m;7o*w:;ten'^ J^^''^^ *'"-=' -^"hen 
of an anxions UfeC whUe?I f^ t'T^ forgetfulness 
another while in VeejS leW r'""*^^ "'^''^ =-"«"*«. 

■<::^^^^TZ^^^& -'^^ *»>- - all things,.. 
O suams anma ! gualem te dicam lonam 

were^yonr former content^ when thTrfSJof £ '1 

^S'tL^tfoHf (£;r2; ^iT^^l^'" — '" 
impunity of wicked men. "iveighing against the 

O vita rnisero longa,felwi hrcvis i Stb _« CiUVf i. , 
to the wretched, how short t^ the £;;y n^ ^'' ^°^ ^""8 

sophy, guide of life. Qh ! searcher o„^nf 7^ ^i"'°- 

peUer of vices ' what omMZlT ", °^ ™^"^^« an"! ei- 
And not only we but ev«^ f^ •^°?« ^*°"* ^^^^ ? 

didst form cities' thou tlt^^-f .""*?? ^ ^^ '« t'^o" that 
men to the en oyment of tt f ■'*" ^''Sether solitary 

Obiter dictum.— "A thin^ L;^ -j ''/.'."S ^y the way." 
way." Parenthelic^i;^ ""'^ ">cidentaUy,.' or "by (he 

o.s: ;?^«- vXfoik."^'^ "°'"^'^*^ - ^^'^^ 

W.*"c1c -"CTh'ar"'' '•^'-'-.-"^ ffestum, i.p,. 

eviUy acq5red,^ffiTX^^^^^^^^^^ "^^ ^^° 

evilly administered." ^ retamed, and which is 

OhscHris vera involve'ns.- Vipa «t i • .1 

m obscurity." The subtPrfnVo ^'TT ^^^^^^^g the truth 
worst of an argument "^^^ ""^ ^^^ ^""'^^ ^^^ *^^« the 

O....... fac^re per olsCrius,-^^^ To make that darker 



302 



OBS— OCO. 



which was dark enough before." To render, in an attempt 
to illustrate, obscurity doubly obscure. See Lucus a 
non, &c., and iVbw sequitur. 
Obsecro, tuum est ? vetus credUeram.—'' Pray, is it yours ? I 
really had thought it old." The proper answer to a pla- 
giary. 

Obsequium amicos, verttas odium parit. Ter.— " Obsequious- 
ness begets friends, truth hatred." Words uttered in a 
complaining spirit. 

Observant ior cequi 

Fitpopulus, necferre vetat cum vlderit ipsum 

Auctorem parPre sibi. Claud. 

—•" The people becomes more observant of justice, and re- 
fuses not to support the laws, when it sees the author of 
them obeying his own enactments." 

Obstupui, steteruntque com(S, et vox faumbus hcesit. ViBG. 
—"I was amazed, my hair stood erect, and my voice 
cleaved to my throat." A picture of horror and alarm. 

Obstupm, tdcitus sustinuique pedem. Ovid. — "I stood 
amazed, and in silence I made a pause." 

Occdsiofacitfurem. Prov.—'' Opportunity makes the thief" 

Occasionem cognosce. — "Know your opportunity." 

Occasio prima sui parte comosa, posteriori parte calva, quam 
SI occupdris, teneas ; elapsam semel, non ipse Jupiter possit 
r^pr<?Aewc?^>e.—" Opportunity has hair in front, behind 
she IS bald; if you seize her by the forelock, you may hold 
her ; but, if she once escapes, not Jupiter himself can 
catch her again." See also Rem tibi, &c., and Ph^drus, 
±ab. B. V. P. vni., from which the latter part of the quota- 
tion IS taken. 

OccJdit miseros crambe repetlta. Juv.— " The same stale 

ciibbage, everlastingly hashed up, wears out their wretched 
lives. ' Said in reference to the drudgery of a teacher's 
me. 

Ocddit una domus : sed non domus una per ire 

IHgnafuit.. Qvid. 

— " Thus did one house fall : but not one house alone de- 
served to perish." 

Occultdre morbum funestum.^''To conceal disease is fatal." 

bee Frincipiis obsta, &c. 
Occupet extremum scabies 1 Hoe.—" May the itch seize 



OCU— ODE. 



803 



Pror.— "It is 
Ocular demon- 



hindS"'*'" ^^^' '^ proverb,^" The devil take the 
Ocmtanqiuimspeculatoresaltiss^mum locum obtment, Cic 

tie bodyf ' '' "'"'^'^'^'^ "'"^P^ *^^ ^ig^^^t place [in 
0cm magis habenda fides quam auribus. 

better to trust our eyes than our ears " 

stration is better than hearsay. 
Oculos, paulum tellure mordtos, 

Sustulit adproceres; expectdtoque resolvit 

Orasono ; nee abest facundis grdtia dictis, yid 

— rixmg his eyes for a short time on the m-ound hp 

W ?. l- 1 "^"f^^ foi-; nor was persuasiveness 4ant. 
mg to his eloquent words." Descriptive of the manner of 

Oculus deafer miU mlit. Prov.-" My right eye twitches " 
I^^shall see the person whom I LI lonj ^^d ^o 

Octilm domlni sagmat eqnwm: Pros.-" The master's evp 
Fable of the Stag and the Oxen, B. ii. F. viii 

me" T£":f T'-~." ^f *"■" ^^^'' «° l°°g «' they fear 
me. The sentiments of a tyrant. These words were 
often in the mouth of the Emperor Tiberius, who in his 
turn, lived in perpetual fear of his subjects. ' 

Odfro St potero si non, invltus amaho. O'Vid.— " I will hate 

I -^X' °°*'J ^''^ ^°^e against my will." Heinsius 
doubts however if this line was written by Ovid 
Oderunt Ularem tristes, tristemque joeosi, 
iiedatum eeUres a^dem gnavumque remissi. Hoe. 
— Ihe melancholy hate those who are cheerful • the jrav 

lent"':irh°'l= *'.' ^"'*^"S ^'"'^ *•>« sedate the ild^: 
lent, the brisk and active." These opposite classes of 
people have few or no sympathies in common 
Odermt peccare honi virtfdis amore 
Od,-runt peccare mali form! dine poenw. 

\lJil ft ^"^ *° "■'' ^'■o™ l°^e of virtue; the bad 
hate to sin from fear of piwishment." The &st line k 
fix>m Horace, the second from an unknown source 



304 



ODI— OLE. 



Odi ego aurum ! multa multis scppe suasit perperam. Plaut. 

— " Gold I detest ; many a one has it persuaded to many 

an evil course." 
Odi memorem compotorem. — " I hate a boon companion with 

a good memory." See Aut bibeat, &c. 
Odi, nee possum cupiens non esse quod odi. Ovid. — " I hate 

this state ; nor, though I wish it, can I be otherwise than 

what I hate to be." 
Odi profdnum vulgus et arceo. Hob. — " I hate the profane 

vulgar, and I spurn them." 
Odi puerulos prcecoci ingenio. Cic. and Apul. — "I hate 

your bits of boys of precocious talent." 
Odia in longum jdcien^s, qucs reconderet, auctdqtie promeret. 

Tacit. — "Treasuring hatred, to be long stored up, and 

brought forward with an increase of virulence." This, as 

Junius remarks, is a description of the worst of charac- 
ters. 
Odia qui nmium timet, regndre nescit. Sen. — " He who too 

much fears hatred, is unfit to reign." 
Odimus acc7p7trem quia semper vivit in armis. Ovid. — 

" We hate the hawk because he always lives in a state of 

warfare." This line was held to apply not inaptly to the 

first emperor Napoleon. 
Odiosa est ordtio, cum rem agas, longinquum loqui. Plaut. 

— " It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should 

despatch the business, to be beating about the bush." 
Odium effugere est triumphdre. — "To escape hatred is to 

gain a triumph." 
Odium theolog^cum. — "Theological hatred." A hatred of 

the bitterest kind, engendered by diiferences on theo- 
logical points. See Nulla discordia, &c. 
Oddra canum vis. Vieg. — "The sharp scent of the 

hounds." 
Offidt aduldtio veritdti. Tag. — " Flattery is hurtful to truth." 
Ohe ! 

Jam satis est. HoR. 

-— " Hold, there is now enough." An expression used to 

signify satiety. 
Oleo tranquiUior. Prov. — "More smooth than oil." Oil 

poured on water in agitation renders the surface smooth 

and placid. 



OLI^OMN. 305 

out lueernam. Prav.-"lt smelk of the lamp " Said of 

~;ift"7 tf «"""'""■ HoE.-''Addoiltothefire." To 
add foel to flame, or as we say, "To let the fat in the 

^tSs'" "PZ,":^ P'^-fr^ Prov.-" To lose one's oil and 
pains. This may allude either to the oil of the midniX 
lamp, or that with which the candidate,,*- fK^ Wi 
games anointed themselves. '''""^'^^^^' ''t the pubLc 

-Ohm meminme juvdbit. Vies.—" It will one dav be 
pleasing to remember these snfTerings." See id , 72 

Omma smt allquid. Onn.-" There is something in omens " 
O^rneactuM ah agents intentione judi.andum. £7S_ 

aS^ "in «',I 1° ''f--'"''^'''^ °{ •'y *•>« intentionlfthe 
tn^fn^i, *" '^«?^ inquiries the main object is to ascer 

tain the animus or intention of the agent ^ ^^ ^^^''■ 

Ttself " '''^'""' ^3''- Cic.-'' Every animal loves 
Omne animi vitium tanto compectim in se 
LT^IIH'' ,?T/f '""•/"". ?«*>^'««' habetur. Jut. 

tz^. *seV£s i"r '^ '--^ ^""^ ^'^ '^^ - "^ 

Omne oorp'^nutmeest; 'ita efMtnr ut omne oorpv. mortale 

that ev^'ry bod^ isCoSl '• "'j^'=* *° """^^^ '' ^^^^ '* ^^ 
OmneEptgramma sit instar apis, aeuleus illi, 

thmgs that are mysterious in themselves or only seen 



306 



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-,■ 



OMN. 



307 



>» 



from a distance. It is sometimes quoted "pro mirificOj 
"as marvellous." 

Omne in prcecipiti vitium stetit. Juv. — "Every vice 

has reached its climax." 
Omne malum nascens facile opprinutur : inveterdtum Jit ple- 
rumque rohustius. Cic. — " Every evil at its birth is easily 
rooted out ; when grown old, it mostly becomes stronger." 
See JPrincipiis obsta, &c. 
Omne nimium verfitur in vitium. Prov. — " Every excess be- 
comes a vice." 
Omne solum forti pafria est. Ovid. — " To the resolute man 
every soil is his country." A stout heart will support us 
even in exile. 
Omne supervdcuum pleno de pectore manat. Hoe. — "Every 
thing superfluous overflows from a full bosom." A hint 
to poets not to overload their poems with unnecessary 
descriptions, or rambling digressions. 
Omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile dulciy 

Lectorem delectando pariterque monendo. HoE. 
— -" He has carried every point who has blended the useful 
with the agreeable, amusing his reader while he instructs 
him." 
Omne vafer vitium ridenti Maccus amico 
Tangit, et admissv^ circum proBcordia ludit, 
Caltidus excusso populum suspendere naso. Pees. 
-— " The subtle Flaccus touches every failing of his smil- 
ing friend, and once admitted sports around his heart; 
well-skilled in sneering at the public with upturned nose." 
Said with reference to the satire of Horace. 
— — Omne vovemtis 

Soc tihi ; ne tanto careat mihi nomine cliarta. Tibull. 
— " All this I dedicate to thee ; that this my book may 
not be deprived of a name so great as thine." 
Omnem crede diem tili diluxisse supremum. Hoe. — " Believe 
that each day that shines is your last." In the words of 
the Morning Hymn, " Live this day as if the last." 
Omnem movere lapldem. Frov. — "To leave no stone un- 
turned." 

Omnem, quce nunc obducta tuenti 

Mortdles hPhetat visus tibi, et huniida circum 
Cal'igatj nubem eripiam. ViEO. 



»', 



--" I will dissipate every cloud which now, interceptincr the 

7::i^ttZryZ^'''''' '''''' ^^' ^p^^^^^ ^ ^ '-^ -^ 

Omnes anncitias familidritdtesque afflixit. Sueton — « He 

has violated all the ties of friendship and of intimacy " 
Omnm amicos habere operosum est; satis est inimicos non 

} our friends ; it is enough to have no enemies." 

rrJlTi if "' f '''T'' ^""P"'- ^^^^— " Attracting all to 
\ZfJ ' .loadstone." Said of a person of a concHia- 
tory and winning disposition. 
Omnes autem et habentur et dicuntur fyranni, oui vote'^tdte 

ixEPos.-- All men are considered and called tyrants who 
possess themselves of perpetual power in a state which 
has before enjoyed liberty." 

Omnes bonos bonasque a<;curdre addecet 
Suspicidnem et culpam ut ab se seqregent. Plaut 
--" It becomes all good men and good women to'be care- 
tul and keep suspicion and guilt away from themselves " 

Omnes composui Hoe.-" I have buried them all." My 
relations are all gone to their repose. ^ 

— -Omw^^, cum secundcB res sunt maxme, tum maxime 
Meditari secum oportet, quo pacto advorsam cerumnamferant. 

--" When their fortunes are the most prosperous it^L* 
then most especially the duty of all men to reflect with- 
m themselves how they are to endure adversity." Cicero 
quotes this passage in the Third Book of his Tusculan 
Questions and the maxim here inculcated was a favourite 
one with the Stoic philosophers. 
Omnes ebdem coglmur ; omnium 
Versdtur urna, seriiis, ocitis, 

Sors exitura. Hoe. 

rl^^ T ''\ ^^PfUed onward alike ; the urn of death 

wr- \ ^"' ''''^ ''^^''^^ ^^ ^^*^^ *^e lo^ °i^«t come 
torth. See Omne capax, &c. 

Omnes^ homines, qui de rebus dubiis consultant, ab odio, ami. 
citta, tra, atque misericordid va<mos esse decet. Sall — " It 
18 proper that all men, who consult on doubtful matters, 
should be unbiassed by hatred, friendship, anger, and pity." 



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^> 



Omnes in malorum mart navigdmus. — " We are all embarked 

on a sea of woes." 
Omnes insanlre. Hoe. — " That all men are mad." The 

doctrine of Licinius Damasippus, the Stoic philosopher, 

satirized by Horace : b. i. Sat. 3. 
Omnes omnium cantdtes patria una complectUur. Cic. — 

" Our country comprehends all the affections of life." 
Omnes pari sorte nasclmur, sold virtOte distinguimur. — " All 

men are equal by birth, we become distinguished by merit 

alone." 
Omnes quihus res sunt minus secundcSf magis sunt Tiescio quo- 
modo 

Suspicidsi ; ad contumeliam omnia accipiunt magis ; 

Jp7'opter suam impotentiam se credunt negllgi. Tek. 

— " All who are in distressed circumstances are suspicious, 

to I know not what degree; they take everything too 

readily as an affront, and fancy themselves neglected on 

account of their helpless condition." 
Omnes sapientes decet conferre etfahuldri. Plaut. — " It 

behoves all prudent persons to confer and discourse to- 
gether." 
Otnnes sibi melius esse malunt quam alteri. Teb. — "All would 

rather it went well with themselves than with another." 
Omnes una manet nox, 

Et calcanda semel via lethi. HoR. 

— " The same night awaits us all, and the road of death 

must once be travelled by us." 
Omnes ut tecum merit is pro tdlthus annos 

Mxigat^ et pidchrd faciat te prole parentem. Yibg. 

— " That with thee, for such thy merits, she may pass all 

her years, and make thee sire of a beauteous offspring." 
Omni cetdti mors est communis. Cic. — " Death is common 

to every age." 
Omni exceptione major. — "A man beyond all exception." 
Omni malo punico inest granum putre. Prov. — " Every 

pomegranate has its rotten pip." So our proverb, " Every 

rose has its thorns." 
Omni persondrum delectu et discrimlne remoto. CiC. " All 

respect or partiality for persons being laid aside." 
Omnia bene, sine poena, tempus est ludendi^ 

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"All things go well, the hour for play, 
No fear of rod, so books away." 
A favourite rhyme with school-boys. 
Omnia bonos viros decent. Frov.-^'' All things are becoming 
to good men." A favourable construction is put upon all 
they do. ^ 

Omnia Castor emit, sic fiet ut omnia vendat. Martial — 
" Castor is buying everything, it will so happen that'he 
will have to sell everything." The probable fate of a 
greedy buyer. 

Omnia conando dodlis solertia vincit. Manil.— " By endea- 
vour, a pliant and industrious disposition surmounts everv 
difficulty." ^ 

Omnia cum amlco dellbha, sed de te ipso prius. Sen — " Con- 
sult your friend on everything, but first of aU about your- 
seJi. 

Omnia ejusdem faring. Prov.—'' All things are of the same 
gram." There is no mark of distinction in the eyes of 
Providence. 

Omnia fanda nefanda, malo permista furore, 

Justifwam nobis mentem avertere deorum. Catfll. 

— " The confusion of all right and wrong, in this accursed 

war, has turned from us the gracious favour of the gods." 

Omnia fert cBtas, ammum quoque. : Vieg. — " Age beara 

away all things, the mental powers even." 

Omnia fert cetas secum, aufert omnia secum ; 
Omnia tempus habent, omnia tempus habet. 
— " Age brings all things with it, and carries all things 
away. All things have time, time has all things." ^ 

Omnia Greece ! 

Cum sit turpe magis nostris nescire LatTne. Juv. 
--" All things must be Greek ! when it is more disgraceful 
tor us Romans to be ignorant of Latin." A sarcasm on 
those who study foreign languages, without being masters 
01 their own. 

Omnia idem pulvis. Prov.—'' AU things are dust alike " 
or " of the same mould. ' ' ' 

Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valtda, spatio langues^ 
cunt. Tacitus.—" The undertakings of inconsiderate im- 
pulse are full of vigour at the outset, but soon wither." 



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Omnia jam fient, fieri qtL<s posse negdham : 
Et nihil est de quo non sit hahenda fides. Ovid. 
—"All things shall now come to pass which I used to say 
could not come to paas ; and there is nothing which is not 
deserving of belief." 

Omnia mala exempla bonis princrpiis orfa sunt.—'' All bad 
precedents have had their rise in good beginnino-s " 

Ovinia^ mea mecum porto.—'' I carry all my property about 
me. The words of Simonides at the time of his ship- 
wreck, in allusion to his mental acquirements ; also of 
Bias, one of the Seven Wise Men. 

Omnia 7nunda mundis.—'' To the pure all thincrs are pure " 

Omnia mutantur, nihil inter it. Ovid.— ""aH thiiicrs are 

ever changing, nothing comes to an end." The doctrine 
01 rythagoras. 

Omnia mutantur, nos et mutdmur in illis. BoRBO^fius — 

1^^^ }}^''?^^ ^f^ ^""^J^^* *^ change, and we change with 

them. J his hackneyed line is generally quoted as " Tern- 

pora mutantur,'' <fec. 
Omnia non pdriter rerum sunt ommhus apta. Peopeet — 

" All things are not equally fit for all men." 
Ornniaorta occUent. Sall—" All created things shall per- 

Omnia patefacienda, ut nihil quod venditor norit emptor iqno- 
ret. Cic.—" Everything should be disclosed, that the buyer 
may be ignorant of nothing which the seller knows." 
Ihe proper way of dealing; and then the maxim Caveat 
emptor applies. 

Omnia perdidlmus. Tanfummbdo vita relicta est. Ovid — 
" We have lost everything. Life alone is left." 

Omnia perversas possunt corrumpPre mentes. Ovid.—" All 
things can lead. astray perverted minds." 

Omnia pontus erant, dePrant quoque littnra ponto ; 
Nat lupus inter oves,fulvos vehit unda leones. ' Ovid. 
~" It was all ocean, and to that ocean shores were want- 
ing— the wolf swims among the sheep, the wave carries 
along the tawny lions." Ovid's description of the Deluge 

Omnia prtscepi, atque dnhno mecum ante perPgi. Virg — " I 
have anticipated all things, and have acted them over al- 
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Omnia prcesumuntur hqitiml facta donee proletur in contra- 
num. Coke.—" All things are presumed to be lawfully 
done, untd it is proved to the contrary." 

Omnia prius verbis experlri, quam armis, sapientem decet. Tee 
J- It becoj>ies a wise man to try everything that can be 
done by worc^, before he has recourse to arms " 

Omnia profectb, cum se a ccelestibus rebus rPferet ad humdnas 
excelsius magnificentiusque et dicet et sentiet. Cic — 
When a man turns his attention from heavenly things 
to human affairs he will assuredly be able to speak and to 
think on all subjects on a more sublime and a more ele- 
vated scale. 

Omnia qu<s nunc vetustissima creduntur nova fuere ; et quod 
hodie exemphs tuemur inter exempla erit. Tacit —"All 
things which are now believed to be of the greatest anti- 
quity were once new ; and what we now defend by ex- 
ample wdl one day be quoted as an example." 

Omnia qucs sensu volvuntur vota diurno 

Pectore sopUo reddit arnica quies. Claud 

—" Kindly repose restores to the slumbering breast all 

the thoughts that are revolved in our mind during the 

Omnia risus, omnia pulms, et omnia nil sunt.—'' AH things 

notWn ''^'''''' ^^ *^'''^' ^^ ^' '^'^*' ^""^ ^^ ^^^^S3 are as 
Omnia Homes 

Cum pretio. Juy. 

—"All things at Rome are coupled with high price." 
Umnia^ si perdas, famam servdre memento ; 

Qua semel amissd postea nullus eris. 

— " Though you should lose everything else, remember to 

done^" '^ .^^^^ good name, which once lost, you will be un- 

Omnia subjecisti sub pedibus, oves et boves.-" Beneath our 

ATnff T.i, '^ placed everything, both sheep and oxen." 
Motto of the Butchers' Company. 
Omnia sunt hdmlnum tenui pendentia filo ; 

Etmblto casu, quae valuere, ruunt. ' Ovid. 
--"All things belonging to man are hanging from a slen- 
der thread ; and that which was firm before faUs headlong 
with a sudden descent." ^ 



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Omnia tuta timens. Virg.— " Fearful of everythino- 

even where there is safety." The state of a mind whidl 

has been harassed by dangers and anxieties. 
Omnia vendlia Uomcs, Frov.—'' All things are to be bought 

at Eome." Said of liome in the days of her corruption. 
Omnia vincit amor, nos et ceddmus amdri. ViEO. — " Love 

conquers all things, let us too yield to love." "Love rules 

the court, the camp, the grove." 
Omnilus bonis expedit rempubUcam esse salvam. Cic. " It 

is the interest of every good man that his country shall be 

sale. 

Omnibus hoc vitium est cantdribus, inter am'icos 
Ut nunquam inddcant dnimum cantdre rogdti, 

Injussi nunquam desistant. * HoE. 

--" This is a fault common to all singers, that among their 
friends when asked to sing they never will bring their 
minds to comply, but when not requested they will never 
leave off." See Novi ingenium, &c. 
■Omnibus hostes 



MeddLte nos popidis, civile averfite bellum. Lijcan. 
—"Make us the enemies of every nation, avert from us 
civil war." Any bloodshed is preferable to that of citizens 
by the hands of citizens. 
Omnibus in terris, qucs sunt a Gddibus usque 
Auroramet Oangem, pauci dignoscPre possunt 
Vera bona, at que illis multum diver sa, remOtd 
Erroris nebula. j^y 

r~"j"^^/^^ *^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^® ^^^ ^^^®3 ®ven to the 
land of the morn and the Ganges, few are able to re- 
move the clouds of prejudice, and to discern those things 
which are really for their good, and those which are 
directly the contrary." 

Omnibus invUeas, ZoUe, nemo tibi. Mart.—" You envy every- 
one, Zoilus, no one envies you." Said to a sarcastic but 
contemptible writer. 

Omnibus modis, qui pauperes sunt homines, rniseri vivunt ; 
Frwsertim quibus nee qucestus est, nee did^icere artem ullam. 

arm, 1 ,. PlaUT. 

— Ihose who are poor live wretchedly in every way • 
especially those who have no calling and have learned no 
pursuit." 



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Omnibus nobis ut res dant sese, ita magni atque humlles sumus, 
Ter. — " Just as matters befall us, so are we all elated or 
depressed." 

Omnis ars imitdtio est naturce. Sen. — " AU art is an imita- 
tion of nature." 
Omnis commodltas sua fert incommoda secum. — " Every con- 
venience has its own inconveniences." 
07nnis doctrlnce ac scientice thesaurus altiss7mus.—" A most 
copious repository of every kind of learning and science." 
Omnis dolor aut est vehemens, aut levis ; si levis, facile fertur, 
si vehemens, certe brevis futiirus est. Cic— " All pain is 
either severe or moderate; if moderate it wall be easily en- 
dured ; if severe it will at least be short-lived." 

Omnis enim res. 

Virtus, fama, decus, divina humdndque, pulchris 

Divitiis parent. HoR. 

— " For all things divine and human, virtue, fame, and 
honour, obey the influence of alluring wealth." Said in 
reference to the venality of Rome. 
Omnis fama a domestlcis emdnat. Prov. — " All fame eman- 
ates from our servants." They are the first to teach the 
world how to estimate us, according to the character which 
we receive from them. But in spite of this it is a saying 
that " No man is a hero to his valet." 
Omnis poena corpordlis, quamvis mhihna, major est omni poena 
pecunidrid, quamvis maximd. Law Max. — "The very 
slightest corporal punishment falls more heavily than the 
most weighty pecuniary penalty." Because there is a 
disgrace attached to the one which does not result from 
the other. 

Omnium consensu capax imperii, nisi imperdsset. Tacit. 
—"By the consent of all, fit to govern had he never 
ruled." Said of the Emperor Galba, who did not answer 
the expectations which had been previously formed of 
him. 

Omnium hordrum homo. Qutntill. — "A man readv at 
all hours." -^ 

Omnium pestium pestilentissma est sup erst it io.—" Of all pests 

the greatest pest is superstition." 
Omnium qua dixerat fPcPratque, arte quddam ostentdtor. 

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with a certain skill." Said of Licinius Mucianus, the 
consul. 

Omnium rerum ex quihus at/quid acqumtur, nihil est agricul- 
turd melius, nihil uberius, nihil homme Uhero dignius. Cic. 
— " Of all the pursuits by which anything is acquired, 
there is nothing preferable to agriculture, nothing more 
productive, nothing more worthy the attention of a man 
of liberal education." 

Omnium, rerum, heus ! vicissitildo. Teb. — " Hark you ! 

there are changes in all things." 

Omnium rerum principia parva sunt. Cic. — " The begin- 
nings of all things are small." 

Omnium rerum quarum usus est potest esseahilsu^, virtute sold 
exceptd. Laio Max.—'' Of all things of which there is a 
use there may be an abuse, virtue alone excepted." 

Omnium rerum vicissitildo est. Tee.— " Everything is liable 
to change." 

Onus probandi.— "The burden of proving." A responsibility 
which by our law lies on the person making the charge. 

Onus ser/ni impone asello.—'' Lay the burden on the slow- 
paced ass." 

Opemferre in tempore.—" To bring aid in time." To show 
oneself a friend in need. 

Operce pretium est.—"'T\^ worth your while." It is worth 
attending to. 

OpPre in long o fas est olrPpPre somnum. Hor. — "In a 

long work we must expect sleep to steal upon us." We 
must naturally expect mistakes in a work of any magnitude. 
See Quandoque bonus, <fec. 

Operose nihil agunt. Sen.—" They take great pains in doing 
nothmg." They make much ado about nothing. 

Opes invlsce mPr^ito sunt forti viro, 

Quia dives area veram laudem interclpit. Ph^d. 
— " Eiches are deservedly despised by a man of worth, be- 
cause a well-stored chest intercepts genuine praise." 
Opinidnum commenta delet dies, natilrcBJudicia conjirmat. Cic. 
— " Tune effaces speculative opinions, but confirms the judg- 
ments of nature." Speculative opinions are but short- 
lived, while theories founded upon nature are immutably 
upheld. 
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ScBC res et jungit, junctos et servat, amicos. 
At nos virtiites ipsas inverfimus, atque 

Sincerum cuptmus vas incrustdre. HoR. 

— " This method, in my opinion, both unites friends, and 
keeps them so united. But we invert the very virtues 
themselves, and are desirous of soiling the untainted ves- 
sel." Horace alludes to the practice of not making al- 
lowance for the failings of our friends. 

Oportet testiidmis carnes aut edere aut non edere. Prov. — 
" You must either eat the flesh of turtle, or not eat it." 
Either do a thing well or don't do it at all. " There is 
no mincing the matter." The flesh of the turtle eaten 
sparingly was said to be hard of digestion, but, if taken 
plentifully, to be extremely wholesome. 

Opprobrium medicorum. — " The disgrace of the physicians." 
Any incurable disorder. 

Opfandum est ut ii qui prcesunt reipubTicce legum similes 
sint, qu<B ad puniendum non iracundid, sed cequitdte ducun- 
tur. Cic. — " It were to be wished that they who are set 
over the republic should be like the laws, which, in inflict- 
ing punishment, are influenced not by anger but by 
justice." 

Optat ephippia bos, piger optat ardre caballus. Hor. — " The 
ox wishes for the horse's trappings, the lazy nag wishes to 
plough." Pew are content with the station in which 
Providence has placed them. 

Optima quceque dies mIsPris mortdlibus cevi 
Prima fugit ; subeunt morbi tristisque senectus, 
Et labor ; et durce rapit inch'mentia mortis. ViRG. 
— "Each best day of life flies fast away for wretched 
mortals ; diseases succeed, and morose old age, and pain ; 
and the inclemency of inexorable death tears us away." 

Optimi consilidrii mortui. Prov. — " The best counsellors 
are the dead." 

Optimum cibi condimentum fames, sitis potus. — **The best 
seasoning for food is hunger, for drink, thirst." An 
aphorism of Socrates quoted by Cicero. 

Optimum custodem ovium quem dicam esse lupum ! — " What 
a pretty shepherd a wolf would make!" 

Optimum eltge, suave et faille illud faciet consuetHdo. — 
" Choose what is best ; habit will soon render it agreeable 



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Oprmum est alimd frui insdnid. CATO.-"It is the best 
plan to protit by the folly of others." 

^w''"t 'f. T ''^'''- ^^^^— " Better not to be born " 
hei^ to '' ^"""^^^ " *^^ thousand ills that flesh is 

Optimum obsonium labor. Prov.~- Labour is the best food " 

or as we say, " Hunger is the best sauce." 
Optnnus tile fuit vindex, Udentia pectus 

rtncnla qui rilpit, dedoluitque setnel. Ovid 

^ain fV^f *^^li^T* T^""^^' ""^J^^ ^'^^'^''^ ^^^« ^™t« the 
tSve '' ' ^* *^^ '^"^^ "''^"'^^^ ^^^^^^ 

~o&^aS^' '^^^'^- ^'^^"-" ^^ ungovernable pas- 

Opusoplficemprobat. Pror.-" The work proves the workman " 
urandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano. Juv — " We 

should pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body." 
Orate pro an^md.-^^^ Fray for the soul of"' The ordinary 

commencement of medieval epitaphs. ^ 

Urationis summa virtus est perspicultas. Qfixt— "The 

greatest exceUency of oratory is perspicuity:" ' 

JZ'!!l^''!t\ ^'-^'f *?*^^^^^'^— " An evil-minded orator 
bad n, *^\^^^«- .He uses the arts of persuasion to a 
Dad purpose, by prevailing on others to disregard the laws 

Orcihabe galeam. Pro..-" He has the helmet of Pluto'^ 
toaid ot persons who incite others to crime without an- 
pearing themselves to be accomplices. The helmet of 
l-luto was said to render the wearer invisible. 

Or dine gentis 

Mores, etstudia et populos, et procUa dicam. Yieg. 

-- 1 will in their proper order relate the manners and 

pursuits, the tribes and the battles of the race " 

Ore tenus. Law Term.-- From the mouth." By word of 
mouth. His testimony was ore tenus, "by parole" in 
contradistinction to written evidence. ' 

Ornamentum figurdrum ad elegantiam verborum adjungere. 
Si;;;^uage." ^"""^^""^ embellishment with elegance 

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Si mallet lauddre Deum ; cui sordlda monstra 
JPrcetiilit, et liqmdam temerdvit crimme vocem. Pefd. 
— " Features so beauteous that they had been worthy to 
shine in everlasting gold, if he had chosen rather to praise 
our God ; to whom he preferred foul monsters, and defiled 
his fluent language with obscenity." 

Os hebes est, posUceque movent fastidia menses ; 
Et queror, inv'isi cum venit hora cibi. Ovid. 

— " My appetite is blunted, food set before me creates 
loathing; and I complain when the hour comes for my 
hated repast." 

Os hommi sublime dedit coelumque tueri. Ovid. — " To man , 
[Ood] gave a countenance to look on high and to behold' 
the heavens." 

Oscitante una deinde oscitat et alter. — "When one yawns, 
another yawns too." A saying of the middle ages, the 
truth of which most persons know by experience. 

Ostroque insignis et auro 

Stat sonlpes, acfrcena ferox spumantia mandit. ViEO. 
— " Splendidly caparisoned in purple and gold, her courser 
stands, and impatient champs the froth-covered bit." A 
description of Dido's steed. 

Otia corpus alunt, animus quoque pascltur illis ; 
Immodlcus contra carpit utrumque labor. Ovid. 
— " Kelaxation strengthens the body and invigorates the 
mind; while immoderate fatigue exhausts both." 

Otia securis invidiosa nocent. — " Idleness, so much envied 
injures those who are self-confident." 

Otia si tollas, periere Oupldmis arcus, 

Contempt ceque jacent et sine luce faces. OviD. 
— " Take away the temptations of idleness, and Cupid's 
bow is useless : his torches lie neglected and without their 
light." The mind that is immersed in business has no 
time to think of love. See Quceritis ^gisthus, &c. 

Ofiosa sedi'ilttas. — " Idle industry." Laborious trifling. 

Otiosis melius adsistit Deus. Prov. — " No deity assists the 
idle." " Help yourself, and God will help you." 

Otiosus animus nescit quid volet. — " The unemployed mind 
knows not what it wants." 

Otium cum dignitdte.—" Leisure with dignity." Applied to 
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Otium divos rogat in patenti 

Prensus j^gceo, simul atra nuhes 

Condldit lunam, neque certa fulgent 

Sidera nautis. HoR. 

— " He that is overtaken in the wide ^gean, when black 

clouds have obscured the moon and not a star shines with 

its steady light for mariners, supplicates the gods for re- 
pose." 
Otium multa mala adolescentes docet. — "Idleness teaches 

the young many vices." 
Otium naufrcigium castitdtis. — " Idleness is the shipwreck of 

chastity." See Quceritis JEgisthus, &c. 
Otium omnia vitia parit. — " Idleness produces every vice." 

"Idleness is the mother of all evil." 
Otium &ine dignitdte. — " Leisure without dignity." A vul<^ar 

arrogant man in retirement. 
Otium sine Uteris mors est^ et hommis vivi sepultilra. Sen. 

— "Leisure without literary resources is death, and the 

entombment of a man alive." 
Otium umbrdtUe. — " Ease in retirement," or, " in the shade." 
Ovem lupo committere. Prov.—'' To intrust the sheep to the 

wolf." To leave unprotected persons to the mercy of the 

rapacious. 



P. 

P. B. for Post Diluvium.—'' After the flood." 
P. M. for Po5iJJ/<?nWi>w.—" After mid-day"—" afternoon." 
P. S. for Post Scriptum. — " After- written " — a postscript. 
Pabulum Acherontis. Plaut. — " Food for Acheron." An 
old man at the very verge of the grave. Acheron was a 
river, according to Grecian mythology, in the infernal re- 
gions. 

Pace tanti viri. — "With the leave of so great a man." 

Sometimes said ironically. 
Pacem hommlbus habe, bellum cum vitiis. — "Be at peace 

with men, at war with vices." 
Pacta conventa. — " Conditions agreed upon." A diplomatic 

phrase used to describe terms that have been agreed on 

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Palam mutlre plebeio pidcidum est. — "It is a dangerous 
thing for a man of humble birth to mutter in public." 
Quoted by Phaedrus from the Telephus of Ennius. 

Palindromicus, or Sotadicus versus. — See Poma tibi, &c. 

Palinodiam cdnere. — " To make one's recantation." " To 
eat one's words." The poet Stesichorus, having in an ode 
censured Helen, was deprived of his sight by the gods ; 
upon which, in another ode which he called his Palinodia] 
he made his recantation by extolling her as highly as he 
had censured her before; whereupon he regained his 
sight. 

Pallida mors tequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas 
Begumque turres. O bedte Sexti, 

Vit(B summa brevis spem nos vetat inchodre longam, HoE. 
— " Pale death with impartial foot knocks at the cottages 
of the poor, and the palaces of kings. happy Sextius ! 
the short sum total of life forbids us to form remote ex- 
pectations." 

Pallor in ore sedet ; macies in corpore toto : 
Nusquam recta dcies: livent rublgme dentes: 
Pectorafelle virent : lingua est sirfusa veneno : 

Pisus abest. Ovid 

— " Paleness rests upon her countenance, and leanness in 
all her body ; she never looks direct on you ; her teeth 
are black with rust ; her breast is green with gall ; her 
tongue is dripping with venom; smiles there are none." 
A beautiful description of Envy. 

Palmam qui meruit ferat.—'' Let him who has deserved the 
palm bear it." The motto assigned to Nelson. It is de- 
rived from Dr. Jortin's Lusus Poetici. 

Par bene compardtum. — " A pair well matched." 

Par negotiis neque supra. Tacit.— " Equal to, but not 
above, his business." Said of a person whose talents fit 
him exactly for his situation. 

Par nobile fratrum. Hoe.— « A noble pair of brothers." 
Used ironically, to denote two associates well suited to 
each other. 

Par pari rPJero.—'' I return like for like." I give " tit for 
tat," — " a rowland for an oliver." 

ParasUwam coenam quaerit.—'' He seeks the meal of a para- 
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Parce, puer, stmulis, et fortius utere loris. Otid. — " Boy, 
spare the whip, and tinnly grasp the reins." 

Parcendum est ammo miserable vulnus habenti. Ovid. — " We 
must make allowance for the mind that bears the wound 
of sorrow." 

ParcPre personis, dlcPre de vitiis. Ma.rt. — " To spare per- 
sons, to speak of vices." Advice to a satirist. 

Parcere suhjectis, et dehelldre superhos. ViEG. — " To spare 
the conquered, and to pull down the haughty." This 
maxim was adopted by i'rance in the time of the first Ke- 
volution. 

Parcimonia est scientia vitandi sumptus supervacuos, aut ars 
re familidri moderate utendi. Sen. — "Frugality is the 
science of avoiding superfluous expenses, or the art of 
using our means with moderation." 

Parcit 

Cogndtis maculis s1m1lis fera. Jtjt. 

— " The beast of like kind will spare those of kindred 
spots." 

Parcite paucdrum diffundPre crimen in omnes. Ovid. — " For- 
bear to lay the culpability of the few upon the many." 

Parous Bebrum cultor, et infrequens^ 
Insanientis dum sapientics 
Consultus erro ; nunc retrorsum 
Vela dare^ atque iterdre cursus 

Cogor relictos. Hob. 

— " A thrifty and irregular worshipper of the gods, while 
I professed the errors of a senseless philosophy, I am now 
obliged to set sail back again, and to renew the course that 
I had deserted." The confession made by Horace on 
abandoning the tenets of the Epicureans. 

Pares cum, pMhus (ut est in vPtPri praverbio) facilUme congre- 
gantur. Cic. — '* To use the old proverb, * Like most readily 
associates with like.' " " Birds of a feather," &c. 

Pari passu. — " With equal steps." Neck and neck. 

Pari ratibne. — " By similar reasoning." For a like cause. 

Paribus sententiis reus absoIvUur. Coke. — "Where the 
opinions are equally divided the accused is acquitted." 

Pantur pax bello. CoEN. Nep.— " Peace is the result of 
war." Peace is also insured by showing that we are pre- 
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Pars adapertafuit.pars altera clausa fenestrce : 

Quale fere sylvce lumen habere solent. OviD. 

—"A part of the window was thrown open; the other 
part shut ; the light was just such as the woods are wont 
to have. 

Pars benPficii est quod pHitur si belle neges. Stb — " To 
refuse graciously, is half to grant a favour." 

Pars benPficii est quod pefitur si cito neges. Stb — " To 
refuse quickly, is half to grant a favour." 

Pars hominum vitiis gaudet constanter, et urget 

Propositum; pars multa natat, modo recta capessens 

Interdum pravis obnoxia. 'Hob 

—"A portion of mankind constantly glory in their vices 
and pursue their purpose ; a great portion fluctuate, some-' 
times practising what is right, sometimes giving wav to 
what IS wrong." © & j 

Pars minima est ipsa puella sui. Ovid.-—" The girl her- 
self is the least valuable part of herself." Her portion is 
better worth having than herself. 

Pars minima sm.^^^ The smaUest remains of himself," or 
itself." « The wreck of his former self." 

Parspede, pars etiam celeri decurrlte cymbd. Ovid.—" Some 

1 I-^.^ ^K ^^ ^^^*' ^^^® ^^ ^^^^ *^^ s^eam in the rapid 
skitt. An appropriate address to the spectators of a boat- 
race. 

Pars sanitdtis velle sandrifuit. Sen.—" It is a part of the 
cure to wish to be cured." 

Pars tui melior immortdlis est. Sen.—" Tour better part is 
immortal." ^ 

Parthismenddcior. Hob.—" More lying than the Parthians." 
Ihe Parthians were looked upon by the Eomans as pecu- 
liarly faithless, and m that respect occupied the same 
place m their estimation that the Carthaginians had for- 
merly done. 

Parttbuslocdre.^-To let land, going halves in the crop," 
instead of rent. ^ 

Particeps crMni^.^^' A partaker in the crime." An acces- 
sory either before or after the fact. 

Parturiunt mo?ites, nascetur ridiculus mus. Hob— "The 
mountains are in labour, a silly mouse will be produced " 
An application of the fa>^le of the Mountain in Labour, to 




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an author whose pompous pretences end in little or no- 
thing. 

Parva leves capiunt antmos. Ovid. — " Trifles captivate 

weak minds." " Little things please little minds." 
-JParvis componere magna. YiEG. — " To compare 



great things with small." 
Pai'vula, pumiliOj )(aptrwv fAia, tota, merum sal. LucB. — " A 

little, tiny, pretty, witty, charming, darling she." 
Parvula scintilla scepe magnum suscitdvib incendium. — "A 

tiny spark has often kindled a great conflagration." 
JParvum addas parvo^ magnus acervus erit. — "Add little to 

little, and there will be a large heap." See De multis, &c., 

and Multi si, &c. 
Farvum, nonparvce amicitiw, pignus. — " A little pledge of no 

little friendship." A motto for a gift to a friend. 
Parvum parva decent. Hon. — " Small things best suit 

the small." 
JPasc'ttur in vivis Uvor, post fata quiescit ; 

Tunc suus, ex mertto, quemque tuetur Jionos. Ovid. 

— " Envy feeds upon the living, after death it is at rest ; 

then a man's deserved honours protect him." The world 

seldom does justice to living merit. 
Fasslhus amhiguis IhrtUna voluhtlis errat, 

jEt manet in nuUo certa tenaxque loco. Ovid. 

— " Fleeting fortune wanders with doubting steps, remain- 
ing in no one place for certain and to be relied upon." 
Pater familias. — " The father of a family." 
Pater ipse colendi 

Haudjacllem esse viam voluit, primusqiie per artem 

Movit agros, curis acucns mortdlia corda. ViBG. 

— " The Father himself did not ordain the ways of tillage 

to be easy ; he first, by art, aroused the soil, whetting the 

skill of mortals by care." 
Pater noster. — " Our Father." The Lord's Prayer, from its 

commencing words, is so called. 
Pater patriae. — " The father of his country," 
Pati necesse est multa mortdlem mala. NiEVirs. — " Man 

must of necessity sufier many evils." " Man is born to 

trouble as sparks fly upwards." Joh v. 7. 
Pati 

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— " It befits us to submit to what he does whose power is 

the stronger." 
Patientia Icesa Jit furor. — " Patience abused becomes fury." 

Patience must not be trespassed upon too far. 
Patientia — quae pars magna justiticB est. Pliny the Younger, 

— " Patience, which is a great part of justice." 
Patitur poenas peccandi sola voluntas. Juv. "The 

bare wish to sin incurs the penalty." See Scelus intra, 

&c. 
Patrid quis exul 

Se quoque fugit ? HoE. 

—"Who, though flying from his country, can fly from 
himself?" 

Patrice fumm igne alieno luculentior. Prov. — " The smoke 
of our own country is brighter than the fire of another." 
Though ever so homely, home is home still. Ulysses felt 
this in his wanderings, when he longed to behold the 
smoke of his native land. 

Patrice pietdtis imago. YiEG. — " The image of filial af- 
fection." 
-Patriceque impendere vitam, 



Nee sihi, sed toti genttum se credere mundo. LucAN, 
— " To devote his life to his country, and to think that he 
was born, not for himself alone, but for all mankind." 
Said of Cato of Utica. The principles of a benefactor of 
mankind. 

Patrimonium non comesum sed devordtum. Cic. — "An in- 
heritance, not merely eaten, but devoured." 

Patris estflius. Prov.—'' He is his father's son." " He is 
a chip of the old block." 

Pauca ahunde mediocrUus sufficiunt. — " A few things sufiice 
abundantly for the moderate." 

Pauca verba. — " Few words." 

Pauci ex multis sunt amlci Jiommi qui certi stent. Plaut. 
— " Out of many, there are but few friends on whom a 
man can depend." 

Pauci vident morhum suum, omnes amant. Prov. — " Few see 
their own failings, all are in love with them." 

Paucis cdrior est fides quam pecHnia. Sall.—" To few is 
good faith more valuable than money." The author is 
speaking of the declining years of the Eoman republic. 

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Faucis temeritas est hono, multis malo. Phjed. — " Eashness 
brings luck to a few, misfortune to most." 

JPaulum sepult<s distat inertice 

Celdta virtus. Hoe. 

— " Valour unsung is little better than cowardice in the 
grave." See De non apparentihus, &c. 

Pauper enim non est cui rerum suppetit ustis. 
Si ventri hene^ si Idteri pMWusque tuis, nil 
DivUicB poferunt regales addere majus. HoE. 

— " For that man is not poor who is in the enjoyment of 
the necessaries of life. If it is well with your stomach, 
your body, and your feet, regal wealth can add no more." 

iPauper eris semper, si pauper es, u^hnilidne ; 

Dantur opes nuUis nunc nisi d'lviftbus. Maet. 

— " You will always be poor, if you are poor now, ^mi- 

lianus ; riches are given now-a-days to none but the 

wealthy." 

Pauper sum, fdteor, patior ; quod Di dant fero. Plaut. — 
" I am poor, I confess ; I put up with it. What the gods 
send I endure." 

Pauperis est numerdre pecus. Ovid. — " It is for a poor man 
to count his flock." 

Paupertasfuqltur, totoque arcessUur orhe. Lucan. — " Poverty 
is shunned and persecuted throughout the world." 

Pavor est utrlque molestus. Hoe. — "Pear is trouble- 
some on either side." 

Pavore carent qui nihil commiserunt ; at poenam semper oh 
oculos versdri putant qui peccdrunt. — " Those are free from 
fear who have done no wrong ; but those w^ho have sinned 
have always the dread of punishment before their eyes." 

Pax in hello. — "Peace in war." A war waged without vi- 
gour. Dr. Johnson remarks that " the king who makes 
war on his enemies tenderly, distresses his subjects most 
cruelly." 

Pax potior hello, — " Peace is preferable to war." 

Pax vohiscum. — " Peace be with you." Used in the ritual 
of the Eoman Church. 

Peccdre docentes 
Fallax historias movet. Hoe. 
— " The deceiver quotes stories that afford precedents for 



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Peccdvi.—'' I have sinned." To " make a man cry peccavi," 

to make him acknowledge his error. 
Pectus prceceptis format am'icis. Hob. — " He influences 

the mind by the precepts of a friend." 
PecunicB fugienda cupidUas : nihil est tarn, angusti anmi tarn- 

que parvi quam amdre divitias. Cic. — " We should avoid 

the love of money : nothing so much shows a little and 

narrow mind as the love of riches." 

PecunicB ohediunt omnia. — " All things are obedient to 
money." 

PecHniam in loco negligere interdum maximum est lucrum. 
Tee.— "To despise money on proper occasions is some- 
times the greatest gain." 

PecHniam perdidisti ; fortasse ilia te perderet manms.—'' You 
have lost your money ; perhaps, if you had kept it, it would 
have lost you." 

Pedihus timor addidit alas. ViEG. — " Fear added win^s 

to his feet." ^ 

Pendent opera interrupta. ViEG.— " The progress 

of the works remains interrupted." 
Pendente lite.—" The strife still pending." The trial not 

being concluded. 
Pene gemelli 

Praternis animis. HoE. 

—"Almost twins in the strong resemblance of their dispo- 
sitions." ^' 

Penitus toto divisos orhe Britannos. Yieg. — " The Brit- 
ons, a race almost severed from the rest of the world." 
The people of this island, as spoken of a few years after 
the invasion by Caesar. 

Pennas incidere dTicui. Prov.—"- To clip a person's wings ;" 
or, as we say, " To bring him down a peg." 

Per accidens.—'' Through accident." A term used to denote 
an effect not following from the nature of the thing, but 
from some extrinsic circumstance. It is opposed to per 
86, " of itself" — thus, fire burns per se, heated iron per 
accidens. 

Per annum. — " By the year." Yearly. 
Per capita. Law P^r^g.— "By the head." In contradis- 
tinction to Per stirpes, whic'a see. 
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Pe** contra. — " On the other side." By way of equivalent. 

Per diem. — " By the day." 

Per fas et nefas. — "By right or by wrong." He pursued 
his object per fas et nefas, i. e. he left no means untried, 
disregarding all consequences, and troubled by no scruples. 

Per incitriam. — " Through carelessness." 

Per multas ddltum sibi scepe figuras 

Eeperit. Otid. 

— " He often gains admission under various disguises." 

Per oMtum.—'' Through the death of" 

Per quod servitium amlsit. Law Term. — " By which he lost 
his, or her, services." Words used to describe the injury 
sustained by the plaintiff by reason of the seduction of his 
daughter. 

Per risum multumpossiscognoscerestultum. — "By much laugh- 
ter you may distinguish a fool." A mediaeval proverb. 

Per saltum. — "By a leap." A man attains high rank per 
saltumj i. e. passing over the heads of others. 

Per scelera semper scelerWus cerium est iter. Sen. — " The 
sure way to wickedness is always through wickedness." 
One crime ever leads to another. 

Per se. — "By itself," or, "For its own sake." "No man 
likes mustard ^er 5^." Johnson. See Per accidens. 

Per stirpes. Law Phrase. — " According to the original 
stock." See Per capita. 

Per tantum terrc^, tot aquas, vix credere possim 
Lnd^cium studii transiluisse mei. Ovid. 

— " Through such vast tracts of land, across so many seas, 
I could hardly have believed that any evidence of my pur- 
suits could make its way." 

Per testes. — " By witnesses." 

Per varios casus, per tot discr'imma rerum. ViRO. — " Through 
various hazards, through so many changes in our for- 
tunes." " Chances and changes." 

Peragit tranquilla potesfas 
Quod violenta nequit, manddtaque fortius urget 

Lmperiosa quies. Claud. 

— " Power exercised with moderation can effect what by 
violence it could never have accomplished ; and calmness 
enforces, with more energy, imperial mandates." 

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Propriis repletam vitiis post tergum dedit ; 
Alienis ante pectus suspendit gravem. PniED. 

— " Jupiter has loaded us with a couple of wallets : the 
one, filled with our own vices, he has placed at our backs ; 
the other, heavy with those of others, he has hung be- 
fore." See Aliena vitia, &c. 

Percunctdre a perltis. Cic. — "Make inquiries of persons 
who are skilled." Seek information from the learned. 

Percunctatorem fuglto, nam garrulus idem est ; 

Nee rUment patidw commissa fideUter aures. Hon. 
— " Avoid an inquisitive person, for he is a babbler ; nor 
do ears which are always open faithfully retain what is 
intrusted to their keeping." 

Perdidit arma, locum virtiitis deseruit, qui 

Semper in augendd fest'inat et obruitur re. HoR. 

— " He has lost his arms, and deserted the cause of virtue, 

who is ever eager and engrossed in increasing his wealth." 

Perdifficlle est, cum prcestdre cceteris concupieris, servdre cequi- 
tdtem. Cic. — " It is very difficult to observe justice when 
you are striving to surpass others." 

Perdis, et in damno gratia nulla tuo. OviD. — " Tou lose, 
and you get no thanks for your loss." 

PerdUio tua ex te. — "Your ruin is owing to yourself." 

Perdutur lioec inter m^isero lux, non sine votis. Hoe. — " With 
all this, the day is wasted to unhappy me, not without 
many regrets." The poet censures the trifles which con- 
sume the day in town. 

Pereant amici, dum una inimici intercidant. Cic. — " Let our 
friends perish, provided our enemies fall with them." This 
was both a Greek and a Eoman proverb ; quoted as the 
sentiment of a calculating ungenerous man. 

Pereant illi qui ante nos nostra dixerunt. Donatus. — " Perish 
they who have said our good things before us." The ex- 
clamation of a man who does not like to be forestalled in 
his good sayings. See Nil dictum, &c. 

Pereunt ct imputantur. Mart. — " They perish, and are 
placed to our account." Said with reference to the hours. 
These words form an inscription on a clock at Exeter Ca- 
thedral, as also in the Temple, London. 

Perfer ; et invltos currere coge pedes. Ovid. — " Persist, and 
compel your feet to hasten, however unwillingly." 



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JPerfer et oldura; dolor hie tibi proderit olim. Ovid. — 
" Have patience and endure it ; this grief will one day 
avail you." 

IPerfer et oldura; multo graviora tuUsti. Ovii). — "Have 
patience and endure it ; you have endured much greater 
misfortunes than these." 

Ferftda, sed quamvis perf^tda, cara tamen. TiBiJLL. — " Per- 
fidious, but, though thus perfidious, dear." 

Ferfide ! sed duris genuit te cautlhus liorrens 

Caucasus, Hyrcdnceque admorunt uhera tigres. Virg. 
—"Perfidious man! Caucasus hath borne thee among 
its flinty rocks, and Hyrcanian tigers have given thee 
suck." Dido's reproaches uttered against jEneas, v^rhen 
he resisted her attempts to dissuade him from leaving 
Carthage. 

Fergis pugnantia secum 

Frontibics adversis componere. HoE. 

--" You are trying to reconcile things which are opposite 
in their natures." 
Fergo ad alios ; venio ad alios ; deinde ad alios ; 

Una res. Plaut. 

— "I go to others, I come to others, and then to others 
again, 'tis all one." 

Ferlbo, si nonficero; sifaxo.vapuldvero. Plaut. — "I shall 
perish if I do it not— if I do it I shall get a drubbing." 
The horns of a dilemma. 

FericuldscB plenum opus dlece, Hor. — " A work full of dan- 
gerous hazard." As precarious as the faithless dice. 

Fericulosior casus ah alto. Prov.—''K fall from on high 
is most dangerous." The higher the station the greater 
the fall. 

Periculosum est credere et non credere ; 
Ergo exploranda est verUas, multum prius 
Quam stulta prave jildwet sententia. Ph^d. 

— " It is dangerous alike to believe or to disbelieve ; 
therefore we ought to examine strictly into the truth of a 
matter, rather than suffer an erroneous impression to per- 
vert our judgment." 

Fer'iculum ex dliisfaclto, tibi quod ex usu siet. Tee. " Take 

warning from others of what may be to your own advan- 
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Feriere mores, ju^, decus, piPtaSjJides, 

Ft, qui red'ire nescit cum perit, pudor. Sen. 
— " Morals, justice, honour, piety, good faith, have perish- 
ed ; that sense too of shame, which, once destroyed, can 
never be restored." 

Ferierunt tempora longi 

Servitii. Jtrv. 

— " The fruits of a prolonged servitude are now lost.'* 
Feriissem nisi periissem. — "If I had not undergone it, I had 
been undone." A play on the meanings of the verb 
pereo. 
Ferit quod facis ingrdto. Frov. — " What you do for an un- 
grateful man is thrown away." 
FeritHrce parc^ite cliartce. — " Spare the paper which is doomed 
to perish." An appeal to the kind feeling of the reader, 
by the author of a work of a light and ephemeral nature. 
Adapted from Juvenal. 

Ferjuria ridet amantum. Ovid. — " He laughs at the 

perjuries of lovers." 0\dd says this of Jupiter, who calls 
to mind his own intrigues. 
FerjUrii poena divina exUium, Tiumdna dedecus. — " Perdition 
is the punishment of perjury in heaven, on earth disgrace." 
This was one of the laws of the " Twelve Tables,'' at Eome. 
Fermissu superiorum. — "With the permission of the supe- 
rior authorities." 
Fermitte divis ccetera. Hoe. — " Leave the rest to the gods." 

Do your duty, and leave the rest to Providence. 
Fermittes ipsis expendere nutmmbus quid 
Conveniat nobis, rebusque sit atUe nostris : — 

Cdrior est illis homo quam sibi. Juv. 

— "You will allow the deities themselves to determine 
what may be expedient for us, and suitable to our circum- 
stances. Man is dearer to them than to himself." 
Ferpetuo risu pulmonem agitdre solebat. Juv. — " He used to 
shake his sides with an everlasting laugh." 

Perpetuus nulli datur usus, et hceres 

Hfsredem alterius, velut unda supervenit undam. HoR. 
— " Perpetual possession is allowed to none, and heir suc- 
ceeds another's heir, as wave follows wave." 
Ferque dies plactdos hiberno tempore septem 
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Turn via tufa maris, ventos custodit et arcet 

JEulus egressu. Oyid. 

— " And during seven calm days, in the winter season, does 
Halcyone brood upon her nest that floats on the sea ; then 
the passage of the deep is safe, and ^olus shuts in and 
restrains the winds." The alcedo, halcyon, or king-fisher, 
was supposed by the ancients to incubate only seven days, 
and those in the depth of winter ; during which period 
the mariner might sad in security. Hence the expression, 
" Halcyon days," a term employed to denote a season of 
peace and happiness. 
JBerscej^e evenit ut utilitas cum honestnte certat. Cic. — " It 
often happens that self-interest has to struggle with 
honesty." 

Persequitur scelus ille suum. OviD. — " He perseveres 

in his wicked design." 

Fersonce mutce. — " Mute " or " dumb characters." 

I*erturhahantur Constant inopdUtdni 
Innumerahtlihus solicitudlmhus. 

— " The Constantinopolitans were alarmed with cares in- 
numerable." Cambridge, it is said, proposed the first 
line, and challenged Oxford to cap it, which it did with 
the second, at the same time pointing out the false quan- 
tity in //, which is properly long. The same story is told 
of Eton and Winchester, and Oxford is sometimes spoken 
of as the challenger. The syllable no, strictly speaking, 
ought to be short. 

JPessmum genus inimicorum laudantes. Tacit. — " Flatterers 
are the worst kind of enemies." 

Fetere honores per flagltia, more Jit. Plaut. — " To seek 
honours by base acts, is the habit of the age." 

Pet^ite hinc, juvmesque, senesque, 

Finem ammo certum, mtserisque viatica cams. Pebs. 
— " From this source seek ye, young and old, a definite 
object for your mind, and a provision for your wretched 
gray hairs." 

Fetitio ad misericordiam. — "An appeal to compassion." 

FetXtio prindpii. — "A begging of the question." 

Fharmdca das cegroto, aurum tihi porrlgit ceger ; 

Tu morbum curas illms, ille tuum. Mart. 

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you your fee ; you cure his complaint, he yours." Lines 
aptly addressed to a poor physician. 

Fhilosophia stemma non insptcit, Flatonem non acccpit nohtlem 
philosophia, sed fecit. Sen. — " Philosophy, does not regard 
pedigree, she did not find Plato noble, but she made him 
so." 

Fiafraus. — "A pious fraud." Deceit practised, for instance, 
to save a life that is to be sacrificed illegally, is Q.piafiaus. 
See Splendide rnendax. 

FictorWus atque poetis 

QuidVihet audendi semper fuit cequa potestas. Hoe. 

— " The power to dare everything always belonged equally 

to the painter and the poet." Boldness of invention is 

equally the characteristic of the pictorial and the poetical 

art. 

Fietas fundamentum est omnium virtHtum. Cic. — " Piety is 
the foundation of all virtues." 

Fietdte ac religione, atque Tide una sapientid, quod Dedrum 
immortdlium numme omnia regi guherndr'ique perspeximus, 
omnes gentes nationesque superdvlmus. Cic. — " By piety 
and religion, and this, the only true wisdom, a conviction 
that all things are regulated and governed by the provi- 
dence of the immortal gods, have we [Komans] subdued 
all races and nations." 

Fietdte adversus Denm suhldtd,Jides etiam et societal kumdni 
generis tolUtur. Cic. — " Piety to God once removed, all 
faith and social intercourse among men is at an end." 

Fietdte gravem, ac ^nerUis, si forte virum quern 

Conspexere, silent, arrectisque aurlbus astant. ViEG. 
— " If they [the populace] perceive a man distinguished 
for piety and virtue, they are silent, and listen with at- 
tentive ear." 

• Figer scrihendi ferre laborem, 

Scribendi rede ; nam, ut multum, nil moror. Hon. 



— " Too lazy to endure the toil of writing well ; for as to 
the quantity, that is not worth speaking of." Said of Luci- 
lius, but applicable to that class of careless writers who 
will not take the trouble of correcting their works. 

Fignora jam nostri nulla puduris habes. Ovid. — " Now hast 
thou no pledges of our disgrace." 

Fingere cum glddio. Frov. — "To paint with a sword over 






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one's head." To do that which requires thought and re- 
tirement in the midst of confusion and danger. 
JPinguis item qua sit iellus, hoc dentque pacto 

I)isctmus ; hand unquam maruhus j aetata fatiscity 
Sed picis in morem ad dlgltos lentescit habendo. ViRG. 
— "We may learn what soil is rich in this manner; it 
never crumbles when pressed in the hand, but adheres to fhe 
fingers like pitch on being handled." Pliny disputes this. 
Pinguis venter nan gig nit sensum tenuem. Prov. — " A fat 
paunch does not produce fine sense." Translated by St. 
Jerome from the Greek. 
Pirdta est hostis humdni generis. CozE. — "A pirate is an 

enemy to all mankind." 
I^iscdtor ictus sdpiet. Frov. — "The fisherman when stung 
will be wiser." When wounded by the spines on the fishes 
in his net, he will learn to handle them with caution. 
Piscem natdre doces. Prov. — " You are teaching a fish how 

to swim." You are wasting your time and labour. 
Pldceat hommi quidquid Deo pldcuit. Sen. — " That which is 
pleasing to God should be pleasing to man." The duty of 
resignation. 
Placet tile mens mihi mend'tcus ; suu^ rex reglnce placet. 
Plaut. — " This beggar of mine is pleasing to me ; her 
own king pleases the queen." 
Planta geneti. — "A plant of broom." From this plant, 
which formed their crest, the Plantagenet family derived 
its name. 
PlausWus ex ipsis popiili, IcBto que furore^ 
Ingenium quodvis incdluisse potest. OviD. 
— " At the applauses of the public, and at its transports 
of joy, every genius may grow warm." 

Plausu frermtuque virum studiisque faventum 

Pulsdti colics clamore resultant. ViBG. 

— " The shaken hills reecho with the plaudits, the cries 
of men, and the cheers of partisans." A description of a 
boat-race or any other friendly trial of strength. 

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plause was devoid of guile." There was no canvassing 
for applause. 
Plehs venitf ac v7r7des passim disjecta per Jierhas 

Potatj et accumbit cum pare quisque sua. Ovid. 



— " The multitude repair thither and carouse, scattered in 
all quarters upon the green grass ; each with his sweet- 
heart is reclining there." 
Plena fuit vohis omni concordia vita, 

Et stetit adjlnem longa tenaxque fides. Oyid. 
— " Throughout life there was a firm attachment between 
you, and your prolonged and lasting friendship endured to 
the end." 

Plene administrdvit. Law Phrase. — "He administered m 
fuU." 

Plenus inconsideratisstmcB ac dementissmce temeritdtis. Cic. 
— " Full of the most inconsiderate and most precipitate 
rashness." 

Plenus rimdrum sum. Tee. — "I am full of outlets." "I 
am leaky." You must not confide anything to me. 

Plerunique grates divMbus vices. Hoe. — " Change is gener- 
ally pleasant to the rich." Ennui very often gives a taste 
for rambling. See Bomce Tibur, <fec. 

Plerumque modestus 

Occupat obscuri speciem, tacitumus acerbi. HoE. 

— " The modest man has often the look of the designing 

one, the silent of the sullen." 

Plerumque stulti risum dum captant levem, 
Gravi distringunt alios contumelid, 
Et sibi nocivum concitant perlculum. Ph^d. 
— " Fools often, while trying to raise a silly laugh, provoke 
others by gross aflronts, and cause serious danger to 
themselves." 

Plordtur Idcrymis amissa pecunia veris. Juv. — " The loss of 
money is lamented with unaffected tears." A loss which, 
through the pocket, strikes home to the feelings. 

Ploravere suis non respondere favorem 

Sperdtum merUis. HoE. 

— " They lamented that the encouragement they had hoped 
for was not commensurate with their merits." 

Pluma hand interest. Plaut. — " It matters not one feather.' * 

Plurafdciunt homines e consuetHdme, qua^n e ratibne. — " Men 
do more things from custom than from reason." 

Plura locutdri sublto sedfwlmur imbre. Ovid. — " About to 
say more we are separated by a sudden shower." 

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us, than happen to us by accident." I e. We bring many 
evils upon ourselves. 

Flura sunt quce nos terrent, quani qiKB premunt ; et scepius 
opinione quain re lahordmus. Sek. — "There are more 
things to alarm than to afflict us, and we suffer much 
oftener from apprehension than in reality." We are apt 
to be "more frightened than hurt." 

Flures addrant solem oi-ientem quam occidentem. Prov. 
— " More adore the rising sun than the setting one." 

Flures crdpula quum gladius. Frov. — " Gluttony [kills] 
more than the sword." 

JPlurihus inteiitus minor est ad singula sensus. — " The senses, 
when intent on many objects, can pay the less attention 
to each individually." So our proverb which warns us not 
to have "too many irons in the lire." 

Plurma mortis imago. YiRG.— " Death in full many a 

form." Hogarth makes this the motto for his " Consulta- 
tion of Physicians." 
-Plurima sunt quw 



Non audent homines pertnsd d'lcere Icend. Juv. 
— " There are a great many things which men with a tat- 
tered garment dare not say." 

Plur mum facer e, et minimum ipso de se loqui. Tacit. — " To 
do the most, and say the least of himself." The character 
of a man of energy, no talker but a doer. 

Pluris est oculdtus testis iinus quam aur'iti decern. Plaut. 
— " One eye-witness is better than ten from hearsay." 

Plus aloes quam mellis habet. — " He has in him more aloes 
than honey." Said of a sarcastic writer. 

Plus apud nos vera ratio valeat quam vulgi opinio. CiC. 
— " Genuine reason should prevail with us more than 
public opinion." 

Plus dolet quam necesse est, qui ante dolet quam necesse est. 
Sen. — " He grieves more than is necessary who grieves 
before it is necessary." It only adds to our miseries to 
meet troubles half way. 

Plus est quam vita salusque, 

Quod perit : in totum mundi prostermmur cevum. Lucan. 
— " What we lose is more than life and safety ; we are laid 
prostrate even to the latest ages of the world." Prophet- 
ically said with reference to the consequences of the battle 



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of Pharsalia, fought between Caesar and Pompey, and ap- 
plicable to any man who forfeits his good name. 
-Plus et enimfati valet hora benigni, 



Quam si nos Veneris commendet epistola Marti. Juv. 

— " For one hour of benignant fate is of more avail than a 

letter of recommendation from Venus herself to Mars." 

See GuttafortuncE, &c. 
Plus exempla quam peccdta nocent. Prov. — "The example 

does more injury than the offence itself." 
Plus impetuSy majbrem constantiam, penes miseros. Tacit. 

— " There is greater energy, and more perseverance, among 

the wretched." Having less to lose and more to gain they 

are reckless of consequences. 
Plus in amicitid valet similitndo morum quam affindas. Corn. 

Nep. — " Similarity of manners unites us more strongly in 

friendship than relationship." 
Plus in posse quam in actu. — " More in the possible than in 

the actual." 
Plus Icsdunt, quam juvet una, duce. Ovid. — " Two can 

do more harm than one can do good." Said with reference 

to the enmity of Juno and Pallas against Troy, which was 

favoured by Venus. 
Plus oportet scire servum quum loqui. Plaut. — "A servant 

should know more than he tells." 
Plu>s ratio quam vis cceca valere solet. Gallus. — " Reason 

is generally able to effect more than blind force." 
Plus salis quam sumptus. Corn. Nepos. — " More good taste 

than expense." A description of a philosophical enter- 
tainment. 
Plus scire satius est, quam loqui, 

Servum hommem ; ea sapientia est. Platjt. 

— " It is best for a man in servitude to know more than 

he says : that is true wisdom." See Plus oportet, &c. 
Plus sonat quam valet. Sen. — "It is more noise than strength, 

with him." " Great cry and little wool." 
Plu^ vident oculi quam oculus. Prov. — " The eyes see more 

than the eye." Two eyes see better than one. 
Plusve minusve. — " More or less." 
Poenas garriilus ipse dahit. OviD. — "That blabbing 

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Poeta nascifur non Jit. — " The poet is born a poet, not made 
so." See Nascimur poetWy &c. 

JPoettca surgit 

Tempestas, Juv. 

— "A storm of poetry is gathering." 

Pol me occidistis, amJciy 

Non servd^tis, ait ; cui sic extorta voluptas, 
JEt demptus per vim mentis gratissmus error. HoE. 
— "By Pollux, my friends, you have undone, not saved, 
me ; my delight has been torn from me, and a most pleas- 
ing delusion of the mind taken by force." 

Pol meo anlmo omnes sapientes 

Suum officium csquum est colere^ etfacere. Plaut. 
— " I* faith, in my opinion, it is proper for all prudent per- 
sons to observe and to do their duty." 

Polypi mentem ohtlne. Prov. — "Follow the plan of the 
polypus." Accommodate yourself to the changes of cir- 
cumstances, and the dispositions of those around you. 
The polypus was supposed to be able to assume the colour 
of the rocks to which it adhered, and thus to be able to 
escape notice. 

Poma, ova, atque nuces, si det tihi sordida, gustes. A medi- 
aeval proverb. — " An apple, an eg^, and a nut, you may eat 
after a slut." 

Pompa mortis magis ferret quam mors ipsa. — " The array 
of the death-bed has more terrors than death itself." 
Quoted by Lord Bacon as from Seneca. 

Pondmus nimios gemittis ; flagrantior cequo 

Non debet dolor esse viriy nee vulnere major. Juv. 

— " Let us dismiss excessive sorrow ; a man's grief ought 

not to be immoderate, nor disproportioned to the wound." 

Ponderanda sunt testimdnia, non numeranda. — " Testimonies 
are to be weighed, not counted." It is to be considered 
not how many they are, but from whom they come. The 
golden rule of criticism. 

Pone metum, vdleo. Ovid. — " Lay aside your fears, I 

am well." 

Pone seram, cohihe ; sed quis custodiet ipsos 

Custodes f cauta est, et ab illis indpit uxor. Jov. 

— "Use bolts and restraint; but who is to watch the 



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watchers themselves ? your wife is cunning, and will 
begin by seducing them." A woman who is inclined to 
evil, will find modes of evading every restraint. 

Pons asinorum. — " The asses' bridge." The Fifth Proposi- 
tion of the 1st book of Euclid is so called ; partly from 
the figure of the diagram, and partly because it presents 
the first great difficulty to the beginner. 

Populdres 

Vincentem strepitus. HoE. 

— " Overcoming the clamour of the mob." 

Populumquefalsis dedocet uti 

VocWus. Hoe. 

— " And he teaches the people how to discredit false ru- 
mours.'* 

Pdpuliis me sibilat ; at miJii plaudo 

Ipse domi, simul ac nummos contemplor in arcd. Hoe. 
— " The people hiss me ; but I console myself at home as 
soon as I gaze upon the money in my chest." The con- 
solation of a miser. 

Popidus vult dedpi; decipintur. — "The people wish to be 
deceived ; then let them be deceived." This adage is found 
in the works of De Thou, but it is probably older than his 
time. Cardinal Caraffa said of the Parisians, Quandoqui- 
dem populus decipi vult, decipiatur, " Since these people 
will be deceived, let them be deceived." 

Porrecto jiiaulo, historias, captivus ut, audit. Hoe.—" With 
outstretched neck, like some slave, he listens to his tales." 
Said of a dependant listening to the long stories of his pa- 
tron. 

Portdtur leviter quod portat quisque lihenter. — " What a man 

bears willingly is lightly borne." 
Poscentes vdrio multum diver sa paldto. Hoe. — " Requirino- 

with varying taste things widely difi"erent from each other.'^ 

The words of an author on finding how difficult it was to 

please the various tastes of his readers. 
Posse comitdtus. Law Lat. — " The power of the county." 

A levy which the sheriff is authorized to summon, when 

opposition is made to the king's writ, or the execution of 

justice. 

Possessio fratris. Law 5T?rm.— "The possession of the bro- 
ther." The name given to the right which a sister has to 



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succeed her full brother as heir of what was her father's 
real estate, in preference to her younger half-brother. 

Possunt quia posse videntur. ViBO. — " They are able be- 
cause they seem to be so." The result of confidence in 
our own powers. " Where there 's a will there 's a way." 

I*ost acclamdtidnemhelTicam jdcula volant. — "After the shout 
of war the arrows fly." 

I^ost amicitiam credendum est, ante amicitiam judicandum. 
Sen. — " After forming a friendship you should place im- 
plicit confidence ; before it is formed you must exercise 
your own judgment." True friendship is endangered by 
mistrust ; it ought not therefore to be lightly formed. 

Post bellum auxilium. Frov. — " Aid after the war." Use- 
less assistance. Succour when the danger is over. 

JPost cineres gloria sera venit. Maet. — " Glory comes 

too late, when we are reduced to ashes." 

Post diluvium. See P. D. 

Post epulas stdbis vel passtis mille medhis. — "After eating, 
either stand, or walk a mile." A maxim of the School of 
Health at Salerno. 

Post equitem sedet atra cura. Hoe. — " Behind the horse- 
man sits livid care." Said of a guilty man who attempts 
to fly from his own reflections. 

Post factwm nullwm consilium. — " After the deed, counsel is 
in vain." 

Postfestvm venisti. Prov. — " You have come after the feast." 
Like our proverb, " You have come a day after the fair." 
Said to indolent and unpunctual persons who are always 
too late. 

Post folia cadunt arhores. Plattt. — " After the leaves have 
fallen the tree has to fall." If an injury is too patiently 
submitted to, others wiU follow. 

Post hoc, propter hoc. — " After this, therefore on account of 
this." An ironical expression implying that the propin- 
quity of two events does not of necessity imply cause and 
effect. 

Post malam segetem serendvm est. Sen. — " After a bad crop 
you should sow again." Instead of being discouraged by 
misfortune, we should take measures to repair our loss, 
and not give way to despondency. See Tu ne cede^ &c. 

Post mediam noctem visus, cum somnia vera. Hoe. — " A vi- 



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sion after midnight, when dreams are true." The ancients 
believed that visions beheld after midnight were always 
true. 

Po5^wm(/im.—" After mid-day.'* Generally written P M 
Post mortem nulla voluptas.—" After death there are no plea- 
sures." The maxim of the Epicureans, who taught that 
life ought to be enjoyed while it lasted. 
Post nuhlla Phoebus. Prov.—^' After cloudy weather comes 

the sun. Prosperity succeeds adversity. 
Postprandium stahis, post coenam ambuldbis.—" After dinner 
take rest, after supper use exercise." A maxim of the 
bchool ot Health at Salerno. So our common adage, 
" After dinner sit a while. 
After supper walk a mile." 
Post tenebras lux.—'' After darkness light." So, in the mo- 
ral world, the clouds of ignorance are dispelled by the lieht 
of knowledge. ° 

Post tot naufragia portum.—'' After so many shipwrecks we 

reach harbour." Motto of the Earl of Sandwich 
Postea. Law T^rw.—" Afterwards." The name given to the 
return made by the judge, after verdict, of what has been 
done in the cause ; endorsed on the record and beginning 
with the word Postea, &c., ' Afterwards,' on issue ioined 
&c. &c. ** ' 

PosteH dies testes sunt sapientissmi.—'' Succeeding days are 
the wisest evidences." Actions cannot well be judged of 
till we have seen the results. 

Posthabui tamen illbrum mea seria ludo. Yieg. " After all 

I deferred my serious business for their sport." ' 

Postquamf regit subselUa versu, 

Esurit intactam Pandi nisi vendit Agdven. Juv. 
—" But while the very benches are broken down by the 
ecstasies with which his verses are applauded, he may 
starve unless he sells his unpublished * Agave ' to Paris." 

Postuldta.—" Things required." In a disputation, there are 

certam self-evident propositions which form the basis of an 

argument. Hence they are termed "postulates,'' as their 

admission is absolutely necessary. 

Potentes ne tentes cemuldri. Ph^d.~" Attempt not to rival 

your superiors." 
Potentia cautis quam acribus consiliis tUtius habetur. Tacit. 

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— " Power is more securely maintained by prudent than 

by harsh counsels." 
I*otentissimus est qui se habet in potestdte. Sen. — " He is the 

most powerful who can govern himself." 
Potest exercitdtio et temperantia etiam in senectute conservdre 

aViquid prisHni roboris. Cic. — " Exercise and temperance 

may preserve some portion of our youthl'ul strength, even 

in old age." 
Fotuit fortasse minoris 

JPiscdtor quam piscis emi. JlTV. 

— " The fisherman might perhaps be bought for less money 

than the fish." In the days of Juvenal, incredible sums 

were spent at Eome on the luxuries of the table. 



-FrcBceps in omnia CcBsar. LucAN. — " Caesar, prompt 
in all his resolves." 

FrcBcepto monitics scepe te considera. Ph^d. — " Warned by 
my lesson, often examine yourself." 

Frcedpitatque moras omneSj opera omnia rumpit. Vieq. — 
" Headlong he resists all delay, breaks through every im- 
pediment." A description of the ardour with which 
^neas hastens to meet Tumus. 

I*rcecipua tamen ejus in commovendd miserdtione virtus^ ut 
quidam in hac eum parte omnibus ejusdem opPris autortbus 
prceferant. Quint. — " His great excellence, however, was 
in moving compassion ; so much so, that many give him 
the first place among the writers of that kind." 

Frceclpuum munus anndlium reor, ne virtutes sileantur, utque 
pravis dictis factisque^ ex posteritdte et infdmid metus sit. 
Tacit. — " I hold it to be the especial office of history, that 
virtuous actions be not buried in oblivion, and that men 
feel a dread of being deemed infamous by posterity for 
their evil words and actions." The utility and advantage 
of history. 

Frcpferre pairiam I'lbPris regem decet. Sen. — " It becomes a 
king to prefer his country even to his children." His 
duty to his subjects is paramount to every other consider- 
ation. 

JPrcemomtus, prcemfmitus. Prov. — " Forewarned, forearmed.' * 
JPrcemonstro tibi 

lit ita te aliorum m^serescat, ne tui alios misereat. Plaut. 

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others that others may not have to pity you." A warning 
to those inclined to be extravagant or over-generous 
rr^unire Law Term.—The first word of a writ issued 
tor the offence of contempt of the king and his govern- 
menc. 

Pr<Bpropera consilia raro sunt prospera. Coze.—" Over- 
hasty counsels are rarely prosperous." 

Pr^sentemque refirt quw'Ubet herba Deww. — "And every 
herb reveals a present God." The physical world gives 
abundant proof of the existence of a Providence. 

Frasertim ut nunc sunt mores, ddeo res redit. 

Si quisquis reddit, magna habenda est gratia, Ter 
— " According to the present state of manners, tLmffs are 
come to such a pass, that if anybody pays a debt it must 
be considered as a great favour." 

Pr^stant (Sterna caddcis.-^" Things eternal are better than 
those that fade." Formerly on a clock at Tetbury 

Fr^stat amicitiapropinquitdti. Cic.-" Friendship is better 
than relationship." See Plus in amicitid, &c 

Pr^stat cautela quam medela. Coke.—" Precaution is bet- 
ter than cure." 

Prastat habere acerbos ini?nJcos, quam eos amicos qui dulces 

videantur Cato.-" It is better to have open enemies 

than pretended friends." 
Prwstatmihi lltera linguam; 

£t, si non liceat scribere, mutus ero. Ovid. 

--" This letter gives me a tongue ; and were I not allowed 

to wnte, I should be dumb." 
Prwstatotiosum esse quam male ag^re.—<^ It is better to be 

W ?;? V ^A f'lC ^^^ ^^fortunately the one almost 
invariably leads to the other. 

^rcBstat otiosum esse quam nihil agere. Plint, JEpist. — 
Better be idle than do that which is to no purpose " 

^^f^^f^jnte mollior ictus venit. Prov.—^^Seen before- 
hand, the blow comes more lightly." " Forewarned is 
torearmed." See Pra^monitus, &c. 

Pravofavore labi mortdles solent, Phjed.— " Men are wont 
to err through prejudice." 

Pravo vJvere naso, 

Spectandum nigris oculis, niqroque capillo. HoE. 

— " To have a badly-shaped nose, but to be admired fop 



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black eyes and black hair." The poet hints that good 
hair and eyea will only make an ugly nose the more con- 
spicuous. 

Freces armdta. AusoN.— « Armed prayers." Claims made 

with pretended submission, but which are intended to be 

supported by force if necessary ; like those of the beggar 

on the bridge of Segovia, in Gil Bias. 

Frima cdfitas indpit a seipso. Prov.—'' Charity begins with 

oneself." " Charity begins at home." 
Frima et maxima peccantium est poena peccdsse. Sen.— - 
"The first and greatest punishment of sin is the havincr 
sinned." In allusion to the pangs inflicted on us by 
sham*^- and conscience. 
Primd facie."-'' On the first face." On the first yiew, or 

at the first glance : according to a first impression. 
Frima fuit rerum confusa sine ordtne moles : 

Undque erant fdcies, s'ldera, terra, fretiim. OviD. 
— " At first there was a confused mass of things without 
arrangement : and the stars, the earth, and the ocean were 
of but one appearance." 

'Frimdque e ccede ferdrum 

Incaluisse putem maculdtum sanauine ferrum. Ovid. 
—" I can believe that the steel, since stained with blood 
first grew warm from the slaughter of beasts." ' 

Frimo avulso non deficit alter. Vieg.— " One being 

torn away, another is not wanting." 
Frimo intuitu.^'' At the first glance." " At sight "—to use 

a commercial expression. ' 

Frimum ex naturd hanc habemus appetitionem ut conservemus 
nosmet ipsos. Cio. — " Before everything, we have by 
nature the instinct to preserve ourselves." Self-preserva- 
tion IS the first law of nature. 
Frimum mobile.—'' The primary motive power." An ima- 
ginary centre of gravitation, or central body, in the Ptole- 
maic Astronomy, which was supposed to set all the other 
heavenly bodies in motion. 
Frimus ego asplciam notum de littore pinum. Ovid — " I 
shall be the first to behold the well-known bark from the 
shore." 

Frimus in orle Deus est timer. —" The ruling deity in the 
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Frimus inter pares. — " The first among his equals." The 
one who, among those of equal rank, in courtesy takes the 
precedence : generally the senior, or the one whose turn 
it IS in rotation. 

Frimus non sum nee imus. — " I am neither first nor last." 

Frimus sapientice gradus est falsa intelUgere.—" The first 
step towards wisdom is to know what is false." 

Frindpes—plus exemplo quampeccdto nocent. Cic. — " Princes 
do more mischief by the example they set than by the 
crimes they commit." 

Frincipihus placuisse viris non ultima laus est. Hob.-—" To 
have pleased great men deserves no slight degree of praise." 
Horace was a courtier, and he knew that it requires good 
management to do so. 

Frincipiis ohsta ; sero mediclna pardtur^ 

Cum mala per longas convaluere moras. OviD. 
—-" Eesist the first advances ; a cure is attempted too late 
when through long hesitation the malady has waxed 
strong. ' A precept equally good in medicine and in morals. 

I'rtncipts est virtue maxima nosse suos. Maet.— " 'Tis the 
especial virtue of a prince to know his own men." 

Frincipium dimidium totius. Frov.—" The beginning is half 
of the whole." See Dimidium facti, &c. 

Friscidni caput frangere.—" To break Priscian^s head." A 
mediaeval expression, signifying, " To be guilty of a viola- 
•'^fi. 2 ? ^^^^^ ^^ Grammar." Priscian, who flourished 
m the faith century, and Donatus, who lived in the fourth 
were the standard Grammarians of the middle ages. ' 

Friusquam incipias consulto, et uhi consuluPris mature facto 
opus est. Sall.— « Before you begin, take counsel : but 
having maturely considered, use despatch." 

Frivdtum commodum publico cedit. Law Maxim.— " Private 
advantage must give way to the public good." See Fub- 
hcum bonum, &c. 

Frivdtus illis census erat brevis 

Commune magnum. HoE. 

""" T M^^'JE"''^*^ property was small, the public revenue 
great. Ihe state of the Eoman republic in her early 
days : when luxury and corruption crept in, individuafs 
became possessed of enormous wealth, while the pubHc 
treasury was thinned. 



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^rivilegium est quasi privdta lex. Law Dejinition. — " PW- 
vilege is, as it were, private law.'' In ailusiou to ita deri- 
vation, j9nt;a lege, from "private law." 

I^ro arts et focis. — " For our altars and our hearths." In 
defence of our religion and our country. 

Pro hono publico. — " For the public good." 

Pro confesso. — " As confessed." 

Fro et con. {Con. abbrev. of contra)—'' For and against." 
The arguments pro and con, " on both sides of the ques- 
tion." 

Fro forma.—" 'For form's sake." 

Fro hoc vice.—"' For this turn." 

Fro interesse sm. Law Term. — " As to his interest." 

Fro pudbre, pro ahstinentid, pro virtute, auddcia, largitio, 
avaritia vigehant. Sall. — " Instead of modesty, instead of 
temperance, instead of virtue, effrontery, corruption, and 
avarice flourished." The state of society in Eome in the 
days of Catiline. 

Fro quibus ut merUis referdtur gratia, jurat 

Before mancipium, tempus in omne, tuum. Ovid. 
—"For which kindnesses, that due thanks may be re- 
turned, he swears he will, for all future time, be your 
slave." 

Pro ra^a.—" In proportion "—the word "parte'' being un- 
derstood. 

Fro re natd.—" For a special purpose." An assembly held 
pro re natd, on a particular occasion, or an emergency. 
Used also by physicians in reference to medicines to be 
taken pro re natd, as occasion or symptoms may require. 
Fro re nitbrem, et gloriam pro cnpia. 

Qui habent, memmerint sese unde oriundi sunt. Platjt. 
— " Show for substance, pretence for abundance ; those 
who have should remember what they sprung from." 
Fro salute anmce. — " For the safety of the soul." 
Fro tanto.—" For so much." So far, to such an extent 
Fro tempore.—" For the time." Sometimes written Fro tern. 

A thing done pro tempore, is a temporary expedient. 
Fro vtrtute felix temerltas. Sen.—" Instead of valour suc- 
cessful rashness." Said by the philosopher in speaking 
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Froba merx facile emptorem repperit. Plaut. — " Good 
wares easily find a buyer." 

Frobamque 

Fauperiem sine dote qu<Ero. Hob. 

— " I court virtuous poverty without a portion." I seek 

tranquillity and happiness, unalloyed by avarice. 

Frobatum est. — " It has been tried and proved." 

Frobitas lauddtur et alget. Juv. — " Honesty is praised 

and freezes." Cold commendation is often all that is be- 
stowed on honesty. See Aude aliquid, &c. 

Frobum patrem esse oportet, qui gnatum suum 

Esse probiorem, quum ipsefuerit, postiilet. Plaut. 

— " It befits the father to be virtuous who wishes his eon 

to be more virtuous than himself." 

FrocellcB quanto plus habent virium tanto minus temporis. 
Sen. — " Storms, the more violent they are, the sooner they 
are over." So it is usually with violent outbursts of 
anger. 

Frocul d Jove,procul dfulmine. Frov. — " Far from Jupiter, 
far from his thunderbolts." Those who do not feel the 
sunshine of court-favour are safe from the vexations and 
dangers of courtly intrigue. In allusion to the fate of 
Semele. 

Frocul, procul este, profdni. Yieg. — " Afar ! hence, 

afar ! ye profane." A warning to keep at a distance, some- 
times used ironically. 
-Frocul, procul este, profani, 



Concldmat vates, totoque absisttte luco. ViRG. 
— "*Afar! hence, afar! ye profane,' the priestess cries 
aloud, * retire from all the sacred grove.' " This was the 
solemn preface to the Eleusinian Mysteries, pronounced 
by the oflBciating priest. 

Frocul omnis esto 

Clamor et ira. Hoe. 

— " Let all bickerings and tumults be afar removed." 

Ffodent auctorem vires. Ovid. — "His powers betray 

the author." 

Frodesse c'wlbus. — " To be of service to one's fellow-citi- 
zens." To be engaged in promoting the public good. 

Frodlga non sentit pereuntem foemlna censum : 
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Nummus, et e pleno semper tolldtur acervo^ 
Nan unquam repiitat, quanti sihi gaudia constent. Juv. 
— " Woman in her prodigality perceives not that her for- 
tune IS coming to an end ; and as if money, always reviv- 
ing, would shoot up afresh from the exhausted chest, and 
she be able to take from a heap always full, she never re- 
flects how great a sum her pleasures cost her." 
Prodigiosa loquor veterum menddcia vatum ; 

Nee tulit h<£c, necfert, necferet ulla dies. Ovid. 

— -" I speak of the marvellous fictions of the ancient poets ; 

no time has produced, does produce, or will produce such 

wonders." 

Frodlgus et stultus donat quce spernit et odit ; 

Hwc seges ingrntos tulit, etferet omnibus annis. HoB. 
—" The prodigal and fool gives away the things which he 
despises and hates : this crop (of fools) has ever produced, 
and at all times will produce, ungrateful men." 

Proditionem amo, sed proditorem non laudo. " I like the 

treason, but I praise not the traitor." A proverb bor- 
rowed from Plutarch ; and said to have been used by 
Richard the Third, on the betrayal of the Duke of 
Jouckingham. 

:ProdUorpro hoste hahendus. Cic— " A traitor must be look- 
ed upon as an enemy." 

Prodmres etiam iis quos anteponunt, invisi sunt. Tac — 
"Traitors are hated even by those whom they favour." 

Profecto deUrdmus inter dum senes. Plaut. " In truth we 

old men are sometimes out of our senses." ' 

Profunda impensce aheunt in rem marmmam. Cic "A 

naval estabUshment is supported at an enormous ex- 
pense. 

Proh s&peri ! quantum mortdlia pectora cceccB 
Noctis habent ! Ovid 

— " Ye gods ! what blind night envelopes the breasts of 
men ! " 

Prohihenda est ira in puniendo. Cic — "Anger is to be 

avoided in inflicting punishment." 
Prohibetur ne quis faciat in suo, quod nocere potest in alieno 

Law Max.—'' It is unlawful for any man to do, with his 

own property, that which may injure another's." See Sic 

utercy &c. 



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347 



Proinde tona eloquio, solitum tibi. YiEG. — "Wherefore 
thunder on in noisy eloquence, as thou art wont." 

Prqficit ampullas et sesquipeddlia verba, 

Si curat cor spectantis tetigisse querela. Hob. 
— " He lays aside his bombastic expressions, and his words 
half a yard long, when it is his object to move the heart of 
his hearer by his plaints." 

Promiscuam habere et vulgdrem clementiam non decet ; et tarn 
ignoscere omnibus crudPlitas est quam nulli. Sen. — " It is 
not proper to indulge an indiscriminate and universal 
mercy; to forgive all is as cruel as to forgive nobody." 
Misplaced lenity is an offence against society. 

Promissio boni viri Jit obligdtio. — " The promise of a good 
man is as good as his bond." 

Promitta^ facito : quid enim promittere Icedii ? 
Pollicttis dives quilibet esse potest. Ovid. 

— " Take care and promise ; for what harm is there in 
promising ? Any person can be rich in promises." 

Pronuncidtio est vocis, et vultus, et gestus mod^rdtio cum venu^- 
tdte. — " Delivery is the graceful management of the voic^, 
countenance, and gestures." 

Prope ad summum, prope ad exitum. — " The nearer the sum- 
mit, the nearer a fall." The danger attendant on all high 
stations. See Procul a Jove, &c. 

Properat cursu 

Vita citato Sen. 

— " With quickened step life hastens on." 

Propone Deum ante oculos. Cic. — " Have God before your 
eyes." 

Propdsiii nondum, pudet, atque eadem est menSy 

Ut bona summa putes, aliend vlvere quadra. Jtiv. 

— " You are not yet ashamed of your course of life, and 
your feeling is still the same, that you consider living at 
another man's table the chief good." Addressed to a 
spunger or hanger-on. 

Propria domus omnium opt ma. Prov. — " One's own house is 
the best of all." " There is no place like home." 

PropricB tellUris herum natura, neque ilium, 

Nee me, nee quemquam statuit. Nos expiilit ilh : 
Ulum aut nequities, aut vafri inscUia juris, 
Postremo expellet certe vivdcior hceres. Hob. 



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— " Nature has constituted neither him, nor me, nor any 
one else, the absolute possessor of the soil. That man 
ejected me ; either fraud or the quirks and absurdities of 
the law will eject him, or, last of all, some more long-lived 
heir will certainly take his place." See Perpetuus nulli, &c 
Froprio motu. — ''Oi his own motion." Spontaneously 
uninfluenced by others. * 

Froprium est stultitics aliorum vitia cemere, oUivisci sudrum. 
Cic.— " It is the nature of folly to see the faults of others' 
and to forget its own." * 

JPraprium hoc esse prudenticB concilidre sihi dntmos hominum 
et in suos usus adjungere. Cic— " It is the part of pru- 
dence to conciliate the minds of one's fellow-men, and to 
turn them to one's own account.'* 

Proprium humdni inqenii est odisse quern Iceseris. Tag. " It 

is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom 
vou have injured." This arises from a consciousness that 
he has reason to dislike you, and that his forgiveness may 
not be sincere. 

Propter yitam vivendi perdere causas. Jttv. — "For the 

sake of living to forfeit every inducement to live." 

Prospectandum vHulo latrante. Prov.—'' When the old doff 
barks it is time to look out." 

Prospera lux oritur, linguisque dnmisque favete ; 

Nunc dicenda bono sunt bona verba die. Ovid. 

—"A prosperous day is dawning, be ye propitious both in 
your words and thoughts ; now on the auspicious day 
must auspicious language be used." 

Pro^erum et felix scelus virtus vocdtur. Sen.—" Crime 
when it 18 fortunate and successful, is called virtue." Ee- 
volution is the name given to successful treason and rebel- 
lion. Hence the English epigram, 
" Treason does never prosper: what 's Ihe reason ? 
That when it prospers, none dare call it treason." 
Protectio trahit subjectidnem, et subjectio protectionem. Lato 

X 5*""!! Protection implies allegiance, and allegiance pro- 
tection." ° ^ 

Prdtinus ad censum, de moribus uMmafiet 
Qucsstio. ^^ 

---" The question first put will be as to his income ; that 
about his morals will be the last of all." 



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349 



Profinus appdret qua arbor es frugyferce futHrte. Prov, — ** It 
it is soon seen which trees will yield fruit." 

Prout cuique libido est, 

Siccat incequdles cdVtces conviva solHtus 
Insdnis legXbus. Hob. 

— "The guests, each according to his inclination, quaff 
from glasses of different sizes, unconstrained by absurd 
laws." ^ 

Prout res nobis fluit, ita et an^imus se Tiabet. — " As things go 

with us, so are our spirits affected." 
Proximorum incuriosi, longinqua sectdmur. Pltnt, Epist. — 
" Eegardless of things that are near to us, we pursue those 
which are at a distance." 
Proxmus a tectis ignis defendltur cegre. Ovid. — " One's 
house is saved with difficulty when one's neighbour's is 
on fire." To the same effect as the next. 

Proximus ardet 

Ucalegon. VinG. 

— "Your neighbour IJcalegon is on fire." Meaning his 
house ; words used as a w arning that danger is at hand. 
Proximus hinc gradus est, bene despPrdre salutem, 

Seque semel vera scire perisse fide. Ovid. 

— "The next step after this is entirely to despair of 
safety; and to feel thoroughly convinced, once for all, 
that we are ruined." 
Proximus sum egomet mihi. Tee. — " I am nearest akin to 

myself." "I love my friends well, but myself better." 
Prudens futuri temporis ex) turn 
Caliginosd node premit Deus ; 
Pidetque, si mortdlis ultra 

Fas trPpidat. ■ Hob. 

— " A wise Deity shrouds in obscure darkness the events 
of time to come ; and smiles if a mortal is solicitous be- 
yond the law of nature." 
Prudens inflammam ne fnanum injicUo, Prov. — " If you are 
wise thrust not your hand into the flame." Quoted by 
St. Jerome. 

Prudens interrogdtio quasi dimidium sapientus. — " A prudent 
question is, as it were, one half of wisdom." A maxim 
of Lord Bacon. 

Prudentis est mutdre consilium i stultus sicut luna mutdtur. 



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— " A wise man may change his opinion ; but the fool 
changes as often as the moon." 
Prudentis est nonnunquam siUre. — " It is the part of a pru- 
dent m^n to be sometimes silent." Where no probable 
good can result from babbling. 
I^ubl/cum honum privdto est prceferendum. Law Max. 
— "The public good must be preferred to private ad- 
vantage." 

Fudet et hcec opprohria nobis 

Et did potuisse, et non potuisse refelli. HoE. 
— " It is shameful both that such reproaches should be 
uttered against us, and that vfe should be unable to refute 
them." 
Fudet me et mtseret qui harum mores cantdhat mihi, 

Monuisse frustra. Teb. 

— " I am ashamed and grieved that he who used to lecture 
me about the manners of these women, advised me in 
vain." 
Fudor demissus nunquam redit in gratiam. Ste. — " Shame, 

once banished, never returns into favour." 
Fudor doceri non potest ^ nasci potest. SrE. — " Modesty 

cannot be taught, it may be born." 
Fudore et liheralitdte liheros 

Fetinere, satius esse credo, quam metu. Tee. 
— " I think it better to restrain children through a sense 
of shame and by liberal treatment, than through fear." 
Fugna suum Jlnem, cum jacet hostis, hahet. Oyin. — " The 
battle has come to an end when the enemy is fallen." 
It is ungenerous to exult over a vanquished foe. 

Fulchra 

Edf^pol pecQnia dos est. Plaut. 
— " I'faith, money is a prepossessing dowry." 
Fulchritado mundi, ordo rerum coelestium, conversio solis, 
luna, siderumque omnium indicant satis aspectu ipso ea 
omnia non esse fortuita. Cic— " The beauteous aspect of 
the world, the order of the celestial bodies, the revolu- 
tions of the sun, the moon, and all the stars, indicate suf- 
ficiently, at a mere glance, that all this is not the work of 
chance." 

Fulchrorum autumnus pulcher. — " The autumn of the beauti- 
ful is beautiful." 



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Fulchrum est accusdri ah accusandis. — " It is honourable to 
be accused by those who deserve to be accused." The 
censure of the bad is praise. 
Fulchrum est henefacere reipuhTicae, etiam henedlcere hand 
dbsurdum est. Sall. — "It is becoming to act well for 
the republic, to speak well of it even is not discreditable." 

Fulchrum est digUo monstrdri et dicier^ Sic est. Pees. 

— See At pulchrum, <fec. 
Fulvis et umbra sumus,fruges consHmere nati. — " We are but 
dust and shadows, born to consume the fruits of the 
earth." See Fruges consumere, &c. 
Functum compardtionis.—'' The standard of comparison." 

The fixed measure of value. 
Funica fides.—'' Punic faith." Among the Eomans the bad 

faith of the Carthaginians was proverbial. 
Funitis ingeniis gliscit auctoritas. Tacit. — " When men of 
genius are punished, their influence is increased." A work 
well abused is pretty sure of a good sale, and persecuted 
sects flourish most. 
Furas Deus non plenas adspicit mantes. Ste. — " God looks 
to pure hands, not to full ones." The Deity values in- 
nocence, not wealth. 
Furgamenta hujus mundi sunt tria, pestis, helium, et frateria. 
— " There are three modes of purging this world of ours ; 
the plague, war, and monastic seclusion." 
Furis omnia pura.—'' Unto the pure all things are pure." 
From Titus i. 15. Equivalent to the motto of the Garter, 
"Honi soit qui mal y pense," "Evil be to him who evil 
thinks thereof." 
Furpiird indutus pauper, sui ipsius immemor est. — " A beg- 
gar clothed in purple is unmindful of himself." See As- 
perius nihil, &c. 
FurpHreus late qui splendeat unus et alter 

Assuitur pannus. Hob. 

— " One or two verses of purple patch-work, to make a 
great show, are tagged on." 
Fythagoras non sapientem se, sed studiosum sapientics vocdri 
voluit. QuiNt. -— " Pythagoras wished to be called not 
wise, but a lover of wisdom." He wished to be called not 
a " sophist " but a " philosopher." 



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Q. 

Q. V. — See Quod vide. 

Qua vincit victos protegit ille manu. OviD. — " With the 
same hand with which he conquers he shields the con- 
quered." 

Qudcumque potes, doieplacere, place. OviD. — " Bj what- 
ever talent you can please, please." 

Quadrupedante putrem sonitu quatit ungula campum. Virg. 
— " The hoof shakes with prancing din the crumbling 
plain." [This line exemplifies the poetical figure Onoma- 
topoeia, the sound echoing the meaning. The galloping of 
the horse is admirably expressed, if the line is read as it 
is scanned, thus : 

Quadrupe-dante pu-trem soni-tu quatit-ungula'Campum.'] 
See II li inter, &c. 

QucB accessionum locum oUinent extinguuntur cum principal es 
res peremptce fucrint. Law Max.—'' That which is only 
an accessory is rendered null when the principal is 
abolished." ^ ^ 

Qu<E caret ora crubre nostro? Hob. — "What shores are 
without our blood ? " In what country has not our blood 
been shed ? The poet speaks exultingly in reference to the 
valour of the Eomans, and the successes of their arms. 

Qu(B cvlpdre soles, ea tu neficeris ipse ; 

Turpe est doctoris cum culpa redarguit ipsum. Cato. 
— " Do not that yourself which you are wont to censure 
in others. It is bad when the censure of the teacher re- 
coils upon himself." 

Qu(B duhitatidnis lollendce causa contract^hus inferuntur, jus 
commune non Icedunt. Law Max.—'' Glosses imported into 
a contract for the purpose of removing a doubt, are not ad- 
verse to a common-law right." 

Qu(S e longinquo magis placent. Frov.—" The further fetch'd, 
the more things please." 

Qum fuerant vitia mores sunt. Sen.—" What were vices 
once are now the fashion." Said in reference to the im- 
punity with which vice is practised in a corrupt age. 

QucB fugiunt, celPri carpUe poma manu. Ovid. — " With 
speedy hand, pluck the fruit that passes away." 






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353 



— Quwfuit durum pati 
Meminisse dulce est. Sen. 



—"What was hard to suffer is pleasant to remember " 
Qua m terris gignuntur omnia, ad usum Uminum creantur, 

Cic— Everything that the earth produces is created for 

the use of man." See Genesis i. 28. 
QiuB in testamento ita sunt scHpta ut intelUgi non possint 

pertnde sunt ac si seripta non essent. Law Max —"What 

has been so written in a wiU a« to be unintelligible, is to 

be regarded as though it had not been written " 
QucE tnvitd usurpant Mmines, cogltant, curant, vident ; qumue 

agunt vigilantes agitantqu^, ea cuique in somno a^cldunt. 

)^i Tx.' ^ *^'"^^ ''^^^^^ ^^gvcy%^ men in life, which 

they think upon, care for and observe, which employ and 

sfee " "" ""^ *^^ ^^^' ^^^^^""^ themselves also in 
Qu^ infra nos niUl ad nos. Prov.^'^ The things that are 

below us are nothing to us." We must look Spwards. 
Qu(S l<sdunt dculos festlnas dPmPre : si quid 
m dmmum, differs curandi tempus in annum. Hob 
Z things which offend your eyes you are in haste to 

remove : if anything affects your mind, you defer the cure 
ot It for a year. More attention is given by us to the 
cure of physM^al than moral evils. ^ J ^^ 

QucBhgi communi derogant stride interpret^intur . Law Max 
-- I hat which is adverse to a right at common law is to 
be interpreted rigidly." 

-—Q^f ^v^is fmsPris tam dira cupldo ? Yirg.— <* How is it 
that^there should be with the wretched so strong a desire 



Qu(B nee reticere loquenti. 

Nee prior ipsa loqui dUMt. Ovid 

--"[Echo] who has neither learned to hold her ton^e 
atter another has spoken, nor to speak first herself " 

QwB nee Sarmentus iniqu^is 

CcBsaris ad mensas, nee vilis Galha tulisset. Juv 

- Such things as neither Sarmentus, nor the worthless 

Cxalba, would have borne at the obscene table of Cssar " 

-Qua nonprosunt singuU, multajuvant. Ovid.—" Thintrs 

which singly are of no avail, when united are of service " 

Qu(B non valeant siivgrdajunctajuvant. Law Max.^" Tacts 

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of little consequence individually are weighty when 

united." ^ 

QucB peccdmus jiivenes ea lutmus series. Frov. — " We pay 
when old for the misdeeds of our youth." As Colton says, 
The excesses of youth are bills drawn by time, payable 
thirty years after date with interest. 

Qu<s regio in terris nostri non plena laboris ? ViRG. — " What 
region of the earth is not full of our works ? " Said by 
^neas of the Trojans. Great Britain might justly assume 
this as her motto. 

QucB sint, qu(B fuerint, quce mox ventura trahantur. ViEG. — 
" What is, what has been, and what is to be." 

QucB sunt igitur epuldrum, aut ludorum, aut scartorum volup- 
tdtes, cum his voluptdUhus comparandce? Cic. — "What 
then are the gratifications to be derived from feasts, from 
pageants, or from women, when compared with these de- 
lights ? " — the pleasures of the intellect, namely. 

Quce supra nos nihil ad nos. Frov. — " Those things which 
are above us are nothing to us." This was sometimes 
said of astrologers, and with truth. See Quw infra. 

Quce uncis sunt ungmhus ne nutrias. Frov. — " Do not foster 
animals with hooked claws." Do not enter into friend- 
ship with persons of dangerous character. 

Qu(S venit ex tuto, minus est accepta voluptas. Ovid. — " The 
pleasiu-e that is enjoyed in safety is the least valued of 
all." " Stolen pleasures are the sweetest." 

Quce virtues et quanta, boni, sit vivere parvo ! Hob. — " How 
great, my friends, is the merit of living upon a little ! " 

Quce voliimus et credmus libenter, et quce sentlmu^ ipsi reli- 
quos sentireputdmus. CiESAB. — " What we wish, we readily 
believe, and whatever we think, we imagine that others 
think as well." Hence our proverb, " The wish is father 
to the thought." 

Qucelihet concessio fortisslme contra donatorem interpretanda 
est. Law Max. — " Every grant shall be interpreted most 
strongly against the giver." 

Quceque ipse miserrma vidi, 

Et quorum pars magna fui. ViEG. 

— " Scenes of wretchedness which I beheld myself, and 
in which I was a principal party." The words of ^neas 
when relating to Dido the destruction of Troy. 



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355 



Qucsre peregrinum, viclnia rauca reddmaf. Hob.—" ' Gro seek 
some stranger (to teU it to),' the screaming neighbours 
bawl aloud." ^ 

Queer enda pecunia primum^ 

Virtus post nummos. Hob. 

--" Money must first be sought for ; after riches virtue." 
The maxim of a worldly man. 
QucBrere ut ahsumant, ahsumpta requirere certant ; 

Atque ipsce vitiis sunt alimenta vices. ' Ovid. 

— " They struggle to acquire, that they may lavish', and 

then to obtani again what they have lavished ; and the very 

vicissitudes of life afford nourishment to their vices." 
Qucerit aquas in aquis, et poma fugdcia captat 

Tantalus ; hoc illi garrula lingua dedit. OviD. 

— " In the midst of water, tantalus is in want of water, 

and catches at the apples as they ever escape him : 'twas 

his babbling tongue caused this." 
Qucerit, et inventis miser ahstmet et timet tcti. Hob.—" The 

miser is ever seeking gain, and yet abstains, and dreads to 

use what he has gained." 
— -—Qucsrit, poslto pignore, vincat uter. Ovid.—" The stake 

deposited, he asks which has won." The inquiry anxious- 

ly made by one who has bet upon a race. 
QucBTitis, j^gisthus quare sit f actus adulter ? 

In promptu causa est ; desidibsus erat. OviD. 

—"Do you inquire why ^gisthus became an adulterer? 

Ihe cause is self-evident: he was an idler." 
Quwritur, sitne cequum amicos cogndtis anteferre. CiC " It 

IS a question whether it is just to prefer our friends' to our 

relations." 

QucBsltam merttis sume superhiam. Hob. -- " Assume the 
honours which you have sought to gain by your deserts." 

QucBstio Jit de leg'ihus non de personis. Law Term — " The 
question is, what is the law? not, who is the offender?" 
ihe law must be construed with equal impartiality, 
whether for rich or poor. 

Qucsvrs terra alit arttficem. Frov.—" Every land will sup- 
port the artisan." His assistance is so necessary, that he 
will hnd bread anywhere. 

Quale per incertam lunam sub luce malignd 

Fist iter in sylvis. Vibg. 

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— " As a path in the woods, seen by the deceiving light of 

the uncertain moon." 
Quale sit id quod amas celPri circumspice mente ; 

Et tua Icdsuro suhtrdhe collajugo, Ovid. 

— " Examine quickly and circumspectly what sort of object 

it is with which you are in love ; and withdraw your neck 

from a yoke that is sure to gall." 
Quale solet sylvis, hrumdli frlgore^ viscum 

Fronde virere nova, quod non sua sPmmat arhos, 

JEt croceo foetu terPtes circumdare truncos. ViEQ. 

— " As the mistletoe is wont to flourish in the woods 

throughout the winter cold, with its verdant leaves, which 

spring from no trunk of its own, and to embrace with its 

yellow ofl'spring the tapering stem." 
Qualem commendes etiam atque etiam asjpice, ne mox 

Incutiant aliena tihi feccdta pudorem. Hob. 

— " Examine again and again into the worth of a person you 

would recommend, lest the faults of others bring shame 

upon you." 
Qualis ah incepto processor it et sibi constet. Hott. — " As he 

begins, so let him proceed, and be consistent with him- 
self." Instruction oftered to a tragic poet. 
Qualis hera tales pedissequa. Cic. — " Like mistress, like 

maids." 
Qualis populM moerens Philomela stih umhrd 

Flet noctem, ramoque sedens miserdhile carmen 

Integrate et moestis late loca questihns implet. ViRO. 

— " As mourning Philomel, under a poplar shade, weeps 

the night through, and sitting upon a bough renews her 

plaintive song, and fiUs the places around with piteous 

complaints." 
Qualis rex, talis grex. JProv. — " Like king, like people,** 
Qualis sit animus, ipse ammus nescit. Cic. — " What the 

soul is, the soul itself knows not." 
Quales sunt summi civitdtis viri talis est civitas. CiC. — 

"The character of a community depends upon that of 

its rulers." 
Qunlis uhi audito venantum murmure tigris, 

Horrescit mdculis. Stat. 

— " As when the tigress, on hearing the cry of the hunters, 

looks terrible with her spotted skin." 



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357 



Qualis vita,Jinis ita. Prov. — " As a man's life has been, so 
will be his end." This proverb apparently leaves no room 
for repentance. 
Quam ad prohos propinquitdte proxme te adjunxeris. 

Tarn optimum est. Plaut. 

— -" The nearer you can unite yourself in alliance with the 
virtuous, the better." 

Quam contlnuis et quantis longa senectus 

Plena malis ! Juv. 

— " With what continuous and great evils is a prolonged 
old age replete! " 
Quam difficilis est virtUtis diuturna simuldtio ! Cic. — " How 

difficult it is to feign virtue for any length of time ! " 
Quam diu se bene gesserit. — " So long as he shall conduct 
himself properly." A term first used in the letters patent, 
under which the chief baron of the exchequer held his 
office : all the judges now hold their offices by a similar 
tenure. Down to the reign of George the Third, they 
only held them, ''Durante heneplacito,'' which see. See 
also Dum se, &c. 
Quam inlque compardtum est, ii qui minus Tiabent 
Tit semper dViquid addant divitibrihus I Teb. 

— " How unfairly it has been ordained that those who have 
the least should be always adding to the stores of the 
more wealthy ! " 
Quam male consw'vit, quam se parat ille cruori 
Impius Jiumdno, vittili qui guttiira cultro 
Bumpit, et immdtas jyrcehet mugltibiLS aures ! 
Aut qui vagltus simUcs puerilibus hoedum 

Edentem juguUre potest ! Ovid. 

--" How greatly does he disgrace himself, how in his im- 
piety does he prepare himself for shedding human blood, 
who cuts the throat of the calf with the knife, and turns a 
deaf ear to its lowings ! or who can slay the kid as it sends 
forth cries like those of a child ! " 
Quam multa injusta ac pravajiunt monlus ! Ter. — " How 
many unjust and improper things, are sanctioned by 
custom ! " 

Quam prope ad crimen sine crimme ! — " How near to guilt, 
without being guilty! " Put interrogatively, this was a 



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favourite query with the Jesuits, who refined very ex- 
tensively upon the point. 

Quam quisque novit artem in hdc se exerceat. Cic. — " Let 
every man employ himself in the pursuit which he best 
understands." See iVe sutor^ &c. 

Quam scspe forte temere 

JEveniuntj qucB non audeas optdre ! Tee. 

— " How often things happen by mere chance which you 

would not have dared hope for ! " 

Quam seipsum amans sine rivdli ! Cic. — " How much in 
love with himself, and that without a rival ! " A man en- 
tirely absorbed in self-love, and beloved by nobody else. 

Quam temere in nosmet legem sanclmus inlquam! Hoe. — 
" How rashly do we sanction a precedent to tell against 
ourselves!" Men in their rashness concur in adopting 
measures of which they themselves become the victims, 
and thus as it were " make a rod for their own back." 

Quam veterrimus homini opftmus est amicus. Plaut. 

— " The oldest friend is the best friend for a man." 

Quamvis digressu veteris confusus amlci 

Laudo tamen. Jut. 

— " However concerned for the loss of my old friend, I 
commend him " — for changing his residence. 

Quamvis sublimes dehent humlles metuerey 
Vindicta docUi quia patet solerticB. Ph^d. 
— " Men, however high in station, ought to be on their 
guard against the lowly ; because to skill and address re- 
venge lies near at hand." 

Quando allquid proJiihetur, prohibetur et omne per quod de- 
venitur ad illud. Law Max. — " When a thing is forbid- 
den (by law) everything is forbidden as well which tends 
to it." Whatever is prohibited by law to be done directly, 
cannot legally be efiected by an indirect and circuitous 
contrivance. 

Quando ea acc^idunt nobis qum nullo consilio vitdre possumus, 
eventis aliorum memorid repetendis, nihil novi accidisse 
nobis cogitemus. Cic. — " When those things befall us 
which by no prudence we can avoid, we shall, by calling to 
memory what has happened to others, be able to reflect 
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Quando jus domini regis et suhdtti concurrunt jus regis prcef err i 
debet. Laio Max.—" Where the title of the kmg and the 
title of a subject come into collision, the king's title shall 
be preferred." 

Quando plus Jit quam fieri debet, videtur etiam illud fieri 
quod faciendum est. Law Max. — "Where more is done 
than ought to be done, that portion for which there was 
authority shall hold good." 

Quando res non valet ut ago, valeat quantum valere potest. 
Law Jf«a:.--" When an instrument will not operate to 
the extent intended, it shall operate in law so far as it 



can. 



Quando ullum inveniemus parem ? — " When shall we find 

his like again?" 
Quandbque bonus dormitat "Romerus ! Hoe. — " Even 

the worthy Homer is caught napping sometimes." The 

most^ distinguished of men will sometimes make mistakes. 
Quandoquldem inter nos sanctissima divitidrum 

Majestas. Juy. 

— " Seeing that the majesty of riches is, among us, held 

the most sacred." 
■Quanta est gula, qum sibi totos 



Ponit apros, animal propter convJvia natum! Juv. 

— " What a gullet he must have who sets before himself 

whole boars, — an animal bom for feasting only ! " 

Quanta patlmur ! — " How great the evils we endure ! " 

Quanta sit admirabilitas coelestium rerum at que terrestrium ! 
Cic. — " How admirable are the heavens and the earth ! " 

QuantcB sunt tenebrce ! vcb mihi, vm mihi, vce ! — " The gloom 
how great ! woe, woe is me ! woe, woe ! " A monkish 
Pentameter, inserted as a specimen of wretchedness in 
both senses. 

Quanti casus humdna rotant ! — " How many ups and downs 
there are in human affairs ! " 

Quanti est cestimanda virtus qucs nee eripi nee surrlpi potest ; 
et neque naufrngio neque incendio amitfitur. CiC. — 
"How truly valuable is virtue, which cannot be taken 
from us either by force or fraud, and which is not to be 
lost by shipwreck or by fire ! " 

Quanti est sapere ! Tee. — " How valuable is wisdom ! " 

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rerum morUdium cunctis in negotiis observantur. Tacit. 
— " The more I revolve in my mind the transactions of 
the moderns or of the ancients, the more conspicuous ap- 
pears the absurdity of human affairs in every point of 
view." A remark in accordance with the diplomatic say- 
ing, that it is "astonishing with how little wisdom the 
world is governed." 

Quanto quisque sihi plura negdverit, 

A Dts plura feret. HoE. 

—"The more a man denies himself, the more shall he 
receive from the gods." 

Quanto sihi in prcslio minus parcunt, tanto tutiores sunt. 
Sall.— " The less careful they are of themselves in battle, 
the safer they are." They insure safety by trusting to their 
valour. 

Quanto superiores sumus, tanto nos gerdmus submissius. Cic. 
— " The higher our rank, the more humbly let us behave 
ourselves." 

Quantum.^'' How much." "His quantum,'' his proper 

allowance, his due proportion. 
Quantum a rerum turpitudine abes, tantum te a verhdrum 

libertdte sejungas. Cic— " As much as you are incapable 

of a base action, so much should you be averse to loose 

language." 

Quantum est in rebus indne ! Pers. — " What emptiness 

there is in human affairs ! " How frivolous are the doings 
and fancied interests of men ! See Eccles. i. 2. 

Quantum inter vihurna cupressus. Virg. — " [Excelling] 

as much as the cypress does the ehruba." 

Quantum meruit. Law Term. — "As much as he deserved." 
An action grounded on a promise, actual or implied, that 
the defendant should pay to the plaintiff for his services 
as much as he should reasonably deserve. 

Quantum mutdtus ah illo. ViRO. — "How greatlv 

changed from what he was ! " Said of the ghost of Hector 
when it appeared to ^Eneas. 

Quantum quisque feret, respiciendus erit. OviD.— -" Each 
man must be regarded according to what he gives." 

Quantum quisque sud nummorum servat in area 

Tantum hahet etfidei. J^y, 

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money he holds treasured up in bis chest." In a corrupt 
state of things wealth alone commands respect. 

Quantum rellgio potuit suadere malorum ! LrcRET. "To 

such enormous wrongs could superstition persuade ! " 
The poet is speaking of the sacrifice of Iphigenia by her 
father Agamemnon, when ordered by the priest of i)iana 
to propitiate the goddess. The line is applicable to the 
mischiefs which have been wrought among mankind by 
fanaticism. 
Quantum sufflcit.—"' As much as is sufficient." Sometimes 

written or pronounced Quantum suff. 
Quantum vnleat. — " For as much as it is worth." 

Quantum vertlce ad auras 

^therias, tantum rddlce in Tartar a tendit. Yiko. 
— "As far as it lifts its branches towards the sky, so 
far does it strike its roots to the depths below." Descrip- 
tion of the oak and the beech. 
Quaxefacit opium dormlre ? Quia in eo est virtus dormitlva. 
— " Why does opium produce sleep ? Because it has in it 
a sleepy quality." This question and answer were writ- 
ten by Moliere, the French dramatist, in ridicule of that 
ignorance which affects to solve every difficulty by repeat- 
ing the terms of the original question in words a little 
varied. 

Quare impUit ? Law Lat.—"- Why does he disturb ? " The 
name of a writ which lies for the patron of an advowson 
against one who has disturbed his right. 

Quare obstruxit ? Law Term. — " Why has he obstructed ? " 
The name of a writ lying for him who has a right of 
passage through his neighbour's land, but has been ob- 
structed therein. 

Quare, si fieri potest, et verba omnia, et vox hujus alumnum 
vrbis oleant ; ut ordtio Bomdna plane videdtur, non clvitdte 
dondta. Quintill.— " If then it can be done, let all your 
words and your pronunciation lead to the impression that 
you are a native of this city ; so that your speech may 
appear to be unquestionably Eoman, and not that of an 
alien who has been presented with its freedom." A warn- 
ing from high authority against the use of dialects and 
provincialisms. 

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Quia etiam nunc in illis est. Somnum 

Narrdre vigilantis est. Sen. 

— " Why does no man confess his vices ? Because he 

still persists in them. It is for the man who has awoke 

to tell his dreams." 

Quartd lund nati. Prov. — " Born in the fourth moon." 
Such persons were thought to be particularly unfortunate. 
Hercules was born in that month ; whose labours, though 
beneficial to the world, were of little advantage to him- 
self. 

Quas dPderis, solas semper hahehis opes. Mabt. — " Only the 
wealth which you give away will be yours for ever." 
He that giveth to the poor, lendeth to the Lord. 

Quasi dicas. — " As though you were to say." 

Quasi mures, semper edhnus alienum cibum. Plaijt. — " Like 
mice, we always eat the food of others." The mode of 
life pursued by a spunger or parasite. 

Quatuor pPdlhus currit. — " It runs on all fours " — with it. 

Queis paria esse fere placuit peccdta, lahorant 

Cum ventum ad verum est ; sensus moresque repugnant, 
Atque ipsa ufiUtas, jv^ti prope mater et cequi. HoR. 

— "They who are pleased to rank all faults as nearly 
equal, find themselves in a difficulty when they come to 
the truth of the matter ; sense and morality are opposed 
to them, and expediency itself, the mother almost of right 
and equity." 

Quem casus transit aliquando inveniet. Str. — "Misfortune will 
one day find him whom it has till then passed by." " The 
pitcher that goes oft to the well comes home broken at last." 

Quem damnosa Venus, quem prcBceps dlea nudat. Hoe. 

"Him whom baneful lust, and the ruinous dice, have 
stripped bare." 

Quem Deus vult perdere, prius dementat. — See Quem Jupiter, 
<fec., and Quos Deus, &c. 

Quem di dlllgunt adolescens morltur. Plaut. — " He whom 
the gods love dies young." 

Quem ego ut mentidtur indilcPre possum, eum facade exordre 
potPro utpejPret. Cic— " Him whom I can induce to tell 
a lie I can easily prevail upon to commit perjury." 

Quem ferret, si parentem non ferret suum ? Tee.—" Whom 
should he bear with, if not with his own father ? " 



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Quem Jupiter vult perdPre dementat prius.—'' Him whom 
Jsupiter wishes to ruin, he first deprives of his senses " 
Barnes translation of the Greek fragment —"Ora*' h 
daifMU)y, &c. See At dcemon, &c. 

Quem penes arlitrium est, et jus et norma loquendi. Hoe — 
of 8 eech "'"'''''^''^ '^ '^ ^'^ regulate the propriety and rules 

Quem pcenitet peccdsse pene est innocens. Sen — " He who 
repents of having committed a fault is almost inno- 
cent/. 

Quem prcBstdre potest mulier galedta pudorem 
Qucefugit a sexu ? j^y 

--" mat modesty can the woman possess who, with a 

helmet on, flies her own sex ? " 
Quem res plus nimio delectavere secundcp, 

MutdtcB quotient. Hoe 

—" The man for whom prosperity has had unbounded 

charms will be most affected by reverses." 
Quem scBpe transit, aliquanto invPnit. Sen.-—" That which is 

often overlooked is detected at last." See Quem casus, &c. 
Quem semper acerbum, 

Semper honOrdtum (sic, Di, voluistis) hahelo. Yirg. 
—" Though the day be for ever embittered, I will, (as ye 
gods have so decreed,) always hold it in honour and re- 
spect. In allusion to the day on which a person has lost 
a dear and esteemed friend. 
Quem si puelldrum insPrPres choro 
Mire sagdces fallPret hospltes 
Discr'imen obscurum, sohltis 
Orinibus, amblguoque vultu. Hoe. 

—"If you were to place him in a throng of damsels, the 
undistmguishable difference occasioned by his flowing 
locks and doubtful features would wonderfully impose even 
on discerning strangers." 
Quemcunque mlsPrwn vldPris, hommem scias. Sen —" When- 
ever you behold a feUow-creature in distress, remember 
that he is a man. 

Quemcunque popPdum tristis eventus premit, 
Periclitdtur magnitudo prindpum ; 
Minfita plebes fdcm prcesidio latet. Ph^d. 

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position of its chiefs is in danger : the humble easily find 
safety in obscurity." 

Quemque suce malce cogitationes comcienticeque antmi terrent. 
Cic. — " His own galling reflections and the stings of con- 
science fill the mind (of the evil-doer) with alarm." 

Qui alterum incusat prohri eum ipsum se intueri oportet. 
Plaut.— " He who accuses another of dishonesty ought to 
look narrowly into himself." An accuser should always 
appear with clean hands. 

Qui amat, tamen hercle si esurit, nullum esurit. Plaut.— 
"He that's in love, i'faith, even if he is hungry, isn't 
hungry at all." He is not sensible of hunger or other 
sufl'erings. 

Qui amicus est amai ; qui amat non utique semper amicus est. 
Itaque amicitia semper prodest ; amor etiam aliquundo 
nocet. Sen.— "He who is a friend must love (the ob- 
ject of his regard) ; but he who loves is not therefore a 
triend. Hence, friendship is always productive of good, 
while sometimes love is injurious even." He alludes to 
that so-called love which seeks its own gratification at any 
cost. 

Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult,frangat nucem. Plaut. " He 

who would eat the kernel must crack the shell." He who 
would attain perfection in any pursuit must submit to 
toil. 

Qui aut tempus quid post illet non videt, aut plura loqtutur, out 
se ostentat, aut edrum, quihuscum est, rationem non hahet, is 
iTieptus esse dlcltur. Cic— " He who does not regard what 
the occasion demands, or talks too much, or swaggers, or 
does not pay becoming respect to the company, may be 
pronounced a fool." ^ 

Qui Bavium non odit, amat tua carmlna, Mcevi. Yieo. "He 

who does not hate Bavins must be pleased with thy lines, 
Maevius." The names of two wretched poets in Vireil's 
days. ^ 

Qui bellus homo, Cotfa, pusillus homo est. Mart. "He 

Cotta, who is a pretty man is a trifling man." 

Qui bene conjldet, hunc vatem perhLheto optimum.—'' Consider 
him the best prophet who forms the best conjectures." 
Put the most confidence in him who draws the most ra- 
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Qui bene imp^rat, paru^rU aliquundo necesse est. Cic — " He 
who governs well must, of necessity, have at some time 
obeyed. 

Qui capit illefacit. Pror.— "He who takes it to himself 
has done the deed." " If the cap fits him, let him wear 
It. 

Qui cibum eflammd petit. Plaut.—" A man who will snatch 
victuals from the flames [of a funeral pile]." Tiie lowest 
oi the low. 

Qui cum triste altquid statuit^fit tristis et ipse; 

Ouique fere poenam sumere poena sua est. ' Ovid. 
— " One who, when he has come to a sad decision, himself 
IS sad ; and to whom it is almost a punishment to inflict 
punishment." This may be said of a merciful judge. 

Qui Curios shniilant, et Bacchanalia vivunt. Juv.— "Who 
pretend to be Curii and Hve like Bacchanals." Curius 
was a Eoman noted for his extreme frugality and temper- 

Qui de contemnendd glorid lihros scribunt, nomen suum inscri- 
bunt.--'' Those who publish books warning us to despise 
tame insert then- own names in the title-page " Thus 
showing that very desire for fame which they afiect to 
censure. See Quid nostri, &c. 

Qui dedit benPficium tdceat ; narret qui accepit. Sen — " Let 
him who has bestowed a benefit be silent ; let him who has 
received it tell of it." 

Qui dedit hoc hodie, eras, si volet, auferet. Hoe " He 

who has given to-day may, if he please, take away 'to-mor- 
row. Ihe pubhc may m their caprice recall the honours 
they have lavished, as easily as they have bestowed them. 

Qui deorum consiha culpet, stultus insc'itusque sit, 

Quique eos vitiipPret. ' Plaut 

r"" ^f ^^.^^ ^^^^^ ^^^°^® *be ordinances of the gods must 
be as foohsh and ignorant as he who censures them." 
Qui dWcitpatrice quid debeat, et quid amicis. 

Quo sit amore parens, quofrater amandus, et hospes ; 

Quid sit conscripti, quidjildlcis officium, qum 

Partes in bellum missi ducis ; ille profectb 

Eeddere persons scit convenientia cuique. Hoe. 

—-" He who has learned what he owes to his country and 

what to his friends ; with what afiection a parent, *a bro- 



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ther, and a guest are to be beloved ; wbat is the duty of a 
senator, what of a judge ; what the duties of a general 
sent forth to war ; — he surely knows how to assign suitable 
attributes to every character." 

Qui ex damndto coitu nascuntur inter liheros non compufantur. 
Law Max. — "The issue of illicit intercourse are not 
reckoned as children." 

Qui facit per alium facit per se. Coke. — " He who does a 
thing by the agency of another does it himself" He 
is equally guilty and equally responsible for the conse- 
quences. This adage was probably derived from the Koman 
Law. See Consentientes et, &c. 

Qui fert malis auxilium, post tempus dolet. Ph^d. — " He 
who helps the wicked repents it before long." 

Quijinem quceris amoris, 

Cedit amor rebus; res age, tUtus eris. Ovid. 

— " You who seek to end your passion, love gives way to 

employment; attend to business, then you will be sale." 

Qui Jit, McecP/nas, ut nemo, quam sihi sortem 
Sen ratio dederit, seufors ohjecerit,illd 
Contentus vivat ; laudet diversa sequentes ? Hob. 
--" How happens it, Maecenas, that no one lives content 
with his lot, whether reason gave it him or chance threw 
it in his way ; but is loud in his commendations of those 
who follow other pursuits ? " 

Quifugit molam far'inam non invenit, Prov. — " He who flies 
from the mill does not get any meal." The lazy man 
cannot expect to eat the fruits of industry. 

Qui genus humdnum ingenio superdvit, et omnes 

FrcBstinxit, stellar exortm uti aerius Sol. Lucret. 

— " Who in genius surpassed mankind, and outshone all, 
as the rising sun obscures the stars." 

Qui genus jactat suum aliena laudat. Sen. — " He who boasts 
of his descent boasts of that which he owes to others." 
See Et genus, &c. 

Qui homo mature quwsivit pecUniam, 

Nisi earn mature parcit, mature esUrit. Plaut. 
— " He who has in good time acquired wealth, unless in 
good time he saves it, will in good time come to starva- 
tion." This maxim was often repeated by Louis XIII. 
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:Pr^c^itdvit, pejus perit quam si saxo saliat. Plattt 
— He who plunges headlong into love, perishes more 
irremediably than if he leapt from a rock." 
Qui m JUS dominiumve alterius succedit jure ejus uti delet. 
J^aw Jfoa-.— He who succeeds to the right or property 
tLreTo -^'' """"^ ^"^ ^""^""^ *^^ privileges appertaining 

e^emt;^^.^^^W..^^"He who envies admits his inferi- 

ority." Motto of Earl Cadogan. 
Qui ipse laud anidvit, cegre amantis ingenium inspicit. Plaut 

— He who has not been in love himself, with difficulty 
sees into the feelings of one who is in love." 

Qm ipsus secontemnit, in eo est indoles industries. Plaft 

— He who thinks but poorly of himself, in him there is 
a tendency to well-doing." 

Qui jacet in terra non hahet unde cadat. Prov.—'' He who 
lies on the ground cannot fall." When we are in the 
utmost misery, there can be no change but for the better 

Qui jure suo ufitur, nemmi facit injuriam. Law Max.-^ 
Me who uses his own rights does wrong to no man " 

Qui jussu judwis aliquod fecerit non vidHur dolo malo fecisse 
quia parere necesse est. Law Max.—- He who does an 
act under the direction of judicial authority, is not held to 
have acted from any wrongful motive, because it was his 
duty to obey." 

Qui male agit, odit lucem. Prov.-- He who works evil 

hates the light." See >S'^. John i. 20. 
Qui mare et terras, variisque mundwn 
Temperat horis : 

JJnde nil majus generdtur ipso, 

Necviget quicquam simile aut secundum. Hob 

"^''iS^^ll^^"^ '"''^^^ *^^ ^^^ ^^d *^^ earth, and the whole 
world with the varying seasons : from whom proceeds 
nothing pater than himself; nor does there exist any- 
thmg either hke him or approaching to him." 
Qui mare teneat, eum necesse est rerum potlri. Cic — " The 
state which has the dominion of the ocean must of neces- 
sity be the master." 

Qui m^dice yivit misere vivit. Prov.--" Re who Uvea by 
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Qui mentlri autfallPre insw'vit pairem, 
Tanto magis is audi^hit caetHos. Tee. 

"He who has made it a practice to lie to or to deceive 
his father will the more readily venture to deceive others." 

Qui mentltur fallit quantum in se est. AuL. Gell. — " He 
who tells a lie deceives so far as he can." 

Qui mori didteit^ servlre dedUlcit; supra omnem potentiam est, 
certe extra omnem. Sen. — " He who has learned how to 
die has learned how not to be a slave : he is above all 
power, at all events beyond it." Said in accordance with 
the philosophy of the Stoics, who deemed it meritorious to 
escape by a suicidal death the ills of this life. Cato of 
Utica thus escaped being made captive by Caesar. 

Qui multbrum providus urbes 

Et mores hommu/m inspexit. Hoe. 

— " Who carefully viewed the cities, and examined the 
manners, of various nations." Said in commendation of 
Ulysses. 

Qui ne tuhPnhus propriis offendat amicum, 

^ostulat, ignoscet verriicis ilHus. HoE. 

— " He who wishes his friend not to take offence at his 
own protuberances, will excuse his friend's warts." 

Qui nescit dissimuldre nescit vlvPre. — " He who knows not 
how to dissemble knows not how to live." This was a 
favourite maxim with the emperor Frederic Barbarossa, 
Louis the Eleventh of France, and Philip the Second of 
Spain. Though dissimulation is an abominable vice, there 
are times when it is absolutely necessary to restrain our 
feebngs and check our resentments. 

Qui nihil potest sperdre, desperet nihil. — " Let him who can 
hope for nothing despair of nothing." 

Qui nil molUur inepte. Hoe. — " A man who attempts 

nothing without success." Said in reference to the su- 
perior merits of Homer as a poet. 

<iui nimis propere, minus prosper e. Prov.-^'' He who makes 
too much haste will have but little success." " The more 
haste, the worse speed." 

Qui non est hodie, eras minus aptus erit. Ottd. — " He who 
is not prepared to-day will be less so to-morrow." 

Qui non prbficit, d'^fteit. Frov.-^'' He who does not advance 
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Qui non labbrat non manducet.—'' If any work not, neither 

should he eat." 2 Thess. iii. 10. 
Qui nonprohihet quod proUbere potest assentlre videtur 

Law Max.—'' He who does not prevent that which he can 

prevent, is held to assent." 
Qui non vetat peccdre cum possit, juhet. Sen -> " He 

who does not prevent a crime whea he can, encourages 

Qui non vult fieri desidiosus, amet. Ovid.—-" Let him who 
would not be an idler, fall in love." Implying that pas- 
sion Btirs up the energies, and promises success in the 
pursuit. The same author says, however, in another pass- 
age, that idleness is the parent of guilty passion. See 
QucB^ntis Mgisthus, &c. 
Qui novit moliissma fandi tempora.—'' Who weU knows the 
most favourable moment to speak." Adapted from Virgil 
Qui nunc it per iter tenebricosum, 
Illuc wnde negant red'ire quenquam. Catull. 
—"Who now is traveUing along the shaded path to the 
spot trom which, they say, no one ever returns." The 
germ probably of the lines in Samlet, " The undiscover'd 
country, trom whose bourne no traveller returns." 

Qui pauperiem verUus, potior e metallis 

Libertdte caret, dominum vehet improbus, atque 

Serviet (Btemum, quia parvo nesciet uti. Hoe 

— " He who, fearing poverty, forfeits his liberty more 

precious than golden ore, shall, avaricious wretch, submit 

to a master, and be a slave for ever, because he knew 

not how to use a little." Alluding to the Horse in the 

jable. 

Qui peccat ebrius, luat sobrius. Law Jfoor.-— "He who 
offends when drunk must pay for it when sober." 

Qui pendet alienis promissis scspe decrp7tur.—" Re who de- 
pends on the promises of others is often deceived " 

Qui per ahum facit per seipsum facere videtur. Law Max. 

Ti.- i^^M ^l^^ ^ ^^"'S ^y another is held to have done 
it himself." See Qui facit, &c. 

Qui per virtdtem peritat, non interit. Plaut.—" He who 

dies for virtue's sake, does not perish." 
Qui prcegrdvat artes 

Infra se pbsUas, extinctus amdlXtur idem. Hos 

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— " He who outweighs the energies of those beneath him, 

will still be loved when dead." 
Qui prior est tempore potior est jure. Coke. — " He who is 

the first in time has the preferable right." As in the 

case of mortgagees ; the first is to be paid before the 

second. 
Qui pro quo. — " Who for whom." One thing instead of 

another. Something quite different. The nominative 

qui, and the ablative quo, here given, are the most distant 

cases. 
'Qui qn<B vult dicit, quod non vult audiet. Teb. — " He who 

savs what he likes, will hear what he does not like." 
Qui se committit homini tutandum improho, 

Auxilia dum requtrit, exttium invPnit. PhjED. 

— " He who intrusts himself to the protection of a wicked 

man, while he seeks assistance, meets with destruction." 
Qui se lauddri gaudet verbis subdolis, 

Fere dat p etnas turpi poenitentid. Pn^D. 

— " He wIk) is delighted at being flattered with artful words, 

generally pays the penalty by ignominious repentance." 
Qui se ultro morti offerant, facilius reperiuntur, quam qui 

doldrem patienter ferant. C^sab. — " It is easier to find 

men who will volunteer to die than who will endure suffer- 
ing with patience." 
Qui seipsum laudat, cito derisorem invPniet. Str. — " He 

who praises himself will soon find some one to laugh at 

him." 
Qui semel aspexit quantum dimissa petitis 

JBrcBstant, mature redeat, rPpPtatque relicta. HoR. 

— " Let him, as soon as he has discovered how much the 

life he has abandoned is preferable to that which he has 

chosen, immediately return, and resume that which he had 

relinquished." 
Qui semel est Icbsus falldci piscis ah hamOj 

Ommbtis unca cibis cera subesse putat. OviD. 

— "The fish that has been once hurt by the deceitful 

hook thinks that the barbed metal lies concealed in every 

morsel." 
Qui semel gustdrit canis, a corio nunquam absterretur. Prov. 

— " The dog that has once tasted the flesh, is never to be 

frightened from the skin." 



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Qui semel scurra, nunquam paterfamilias, Cic— « He who 
famir^^ ^^^^ a buff-oon will never make a father of a 

Quisentitcommodum, senfire debet et onm. Law Max — 

^\^\ A »^"^' ^^^ advantage ought also to sustain 
the burden." He who reaps the benefit must share in 
the expense. 

Qui^ sibi amicus est, scito hunc amfcum omnibus esse. Sen — 
Know that he who is a friend to himself is a friend* to 

a\- ?! "^^ "" ^?^f ^'^ ^""^y *^ ^i^s^l^ must of necessity 
do h]s duty to all the world. ^ 

Quisicjocdtur, tractantem ut seria vincat ; 
Seria^quumficiet, die rogo, quantus erit? 
"He who a tale so learnedly could tell, 
That no true history ever pleased so well ; 
How much in serious things would he exc'el ? " 
An Epigram by Theodore Beza upon the works of Eabelais. 
Quisimulat verbis, nee corde estfidus amicus ; 

Tuquoquefac simile, et sic ars deludUur arte. Cato 
— li any one tries to deceive you with his words, and is 
not, at heart, a sincere friend, do you act the same with 
him, and so art will be foiled by art." 
Qui spe aluntur, pendent, non vivunt. Prov.—" Those who 

teed on hope, exist in suspense, they do not live." 
Qui stadiu7ncurrit, niti et contendere debet ut vincat. Cic 
~ ile who runs a race ought to strive and endeavour to 

Qui stdtuit altquid parte inaudUd altera, 
yEquum licet statuPrit, Jiaud cequusfuerit Sen 
--" He who comes to any decision while one 'side is un- 

hiWfT'' ^"^ ^^''^^''''^ '^''''^^ ^^ J""'*' '' ^°^ J^* 

Qui studet optdtam cursu contingere metam, 
Multa tulit fecitque puer, suddvit et alsil 

Abstmmt Venere et vino. Uqr 

— " He who is eager to reach the wished-for goal, has 
done and sufered much in his youth ; he has sweated and 
shivered with cold, he has abstained from love and wine " 

Quisms rebus contentus est, huic maximce ac certisslmce sunt 
dirntK^.^ He who is contented with his own, possesses 
the greatest and most certain riches." 

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Qwi facet consentlre vidHur. Law Maxim. — " He who is 
silent is assumed to consent." " Silence gives consent." 

Qui tarn. Law Lat. — " Who so." The title given to an action 
in the nature of an information on a penal statute. 

Qui terret plus ipse timet. t)LATJi). — " He who causes terror 
to others feels still more dread himself." The despot, 
who rules by arbitrary sway, lives in a state of continual 
apprehension and alarm. 

Qui ftmlde rogat, docet negdre. Sen. — " He who asks timidly 
courts a denial." Requests made with a certain degree 
of confidence are the most likely to be successful. 

Qui venit hie Jiuctus^Jliictus sitperemmet omnes ; 
Posterior nono est, undecmoque prior. Ovid. 

— " The wave that approaches overtops all the others, it 
follows the ninth, and comes before the eleventh." See 
Vastiits insurgens, &c. 

Qm vitat molam, vitat farinam. Prov. — " He who shuns the 
mill, shuns the meal." With everything we must be 
content to take the attendant evils. See Quifugit, &c. 

Qui vult decipi, decipinfur. Prov. — " He who wishes to be 
deceived, let him be deceived." 

Quibus res twiida aut turhlda est ; 

Pergunt turbdre iisque, ut ne quod possit conqniescere. 

Plaut. 
— " They whose affairs are in a critical or perplexed state 
proceed to render them more perplexed, so that nothing 
can be settled." 

Quicquid ages Igltur, magna spectdbere scend. Ovid. — " Wliat- 
ever you do, therefore, you will be acting upon an ex- 
tended stage." 

Quicquid agunt homines nostri est farrdgo libelli. — Adapted 
from Juvenal. " Whatever men are engaged in makes the 
medley of my book." 

Quicquid delirant reges, pleotuntur Achivi. Hob.— ^See Deli- 
rant reges, &c. 

Quicquid erit, superanda omnis forfuna ferendo est. Vmo. 
— " Whatever may befall us, all (adverse) fortune can be 
surmounted by enduring it." 

Quicquid est boni ')nwns levitate extingmtur. Sew.—-" What- 
ever is good and virtuous is obscured by levity of con- 
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Quicquid est illud, quod sentit, quod sapit, quod vult, auod 
viget, cceleste et div'inum est, ob eamque rem wternum nt 
iiecesse est. Cic— " Whatever that be, which thinks, which 
understands, which wills, which acts, it is something heaven- 
ly and divine, and, for that reason, must necessarily be 
eternal." -' 

Quicquid excessit modum 
Pendet instabili loco. Sen. 
— " Whatever has exceeded its due bounds is always in a 

^ state of instability." ^ee Est modus in rebus, S^c. 

Quicquid in altumfortuna tulit, ruitdra levat. Sen.—" What- 
ever fortune has raised aloft, she has raised only to let it 
fall." See Prope ad, &c. 

Quicquid in eum ojicii contulcris, id ita accipio, ut in me ip- 
sum teputem contulisse, Cic— " Whatever kindness you 
may confer upon him, I shall esteem it as though you con- 
ferred it upon myself." 

Quicquid in linguam venerit offundere.—'' To pour out what- 
ever comes upon the tongue." To say whatever comes 
uppermost. 

Quicquid multis peccdtur, inultum est. Lucan. — " Wher- 
ever a crime is shared by many, no punishment follows " 
Unless it IS agreed that atonement shall be made by a 
scape-goat. ^ 

Quicquid plantdtur solo solo cedit. Law Max.^'' Whatever 
is affixed to the soil belongs thereto. 

Quicquid pr(£clpies esto brevis. Hoe.—" Whatever you 

may enjoin, be brief." ^ 

Quicquid set^dtur, cupmus magis, ipsaquefdrem 

Cura vocat : pauci, quod sinit alter, amant. OyiD. 
--" Whatever is treasured up, we long for it the more, and 
the very care bestowed on it invites the thief ; few care for 
that which another grants." 

Quicquid sub terris est, in aprJcum proferet cetas ; 

Defodiet condetque nitentia. ' HoR. 

—" Whatever there is concealed beneath the ground, time 
will bring It to open sunshine ; and will bury and consign 
to darkness things which are now conspicuous." 

Quicquid vult habere nemo potest.-^'' No man can have every- 
thing he wishes for." . 



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375 



Quicunque amisit dignitatem prisftnam^ 

Igndvis est etiamjocus in casu gravi. Phjed. 

— " Whoever has fallen from his previous high estate, is in 

his heavy calamity the butt even of cowards." 

Quicunque turpi fraude semel innotuit, 

Etiamsi verum dicit, amittitjidem. Ph^d. 

— " Whoever has once become notorious by base fraud, 

even if he speaks the truth, gains no belief." 

Quicunque vult servdri. — " Whosoever will be saved." The 
beginning of the Athanasian Creed. 

Quid ad f annas ? Prov. — '* How will this find you in flour ? " 
What profit do you expect from this ? 

Quid ad Mercurium ? Prov. — " What has this to do with 
Mercury ? " He was the god of eloquence, and this ques- 
tion was put to one who wandered away from his subject. 

Quid cdternis minor em 

Consiliis animum fatlgas ? HoR. 

— "Why fatigue your mind, unequal to eternal pro- 
jects ? " 

Quid afferre consilii 'potest^ qui seipse eget consUio? Cic. 
— " What counsel can he give to others, who has need of 
counsel himself? " 

Quid hrevi fortes jaculdmur cevo 

Multa ? Hob. 

— " Why do we, whose life is so short, so resolutely aim at 
so many things ? " 

Quid datur a Divisfelici optdtius Jiord ? Catull. — " What 
can be granted us by the gods more desirable than a 
happy hour ? " Meaning favourable opportunity, or lucky 
occasion, which was termed " Felix liora^ 

Quid deceatj quid non ; quo virtus, quo ferat error. Hoe. — 
" What is becoming, w hat not ; what is the tendency of 
excellence, what of error." 

Quid dpceat vos, non quantum Vtceat vohis, spectdre dehetis. 
— " You ought to considei^, not what is lawful for you 
to do, but what is becoming." There are acts not for- 
bidden by law which it would not be justifiable to commit. 

Quid de quoque viro, et cui dicas, S(tpe caveto. " Be 

ever on your guard what you say about another man, and 
to whom you say it." Properly Quod de, &c., which see. 



Quid dem ? quid non dem ? renuis tu quodjuhet alter. HoR. 

— " What shall I give ? what shall I not give ? you refuse 

what another demands." The difficulties of authors who 

have to write for capricious readers. 
Quid dignum tanto feret hie promissor Tiidtu ? HoR. — 

" What will this promiser produce, worthy of all this 

gaping ? " 
Quid dignum tanto tibi ventre guldque precdhor ? Mart. — 

" What shall I pray for as worthy of so vast a paunch 

and appetite as yours ? " 
Quid domini fdcient audent cum tdliafures ? Yirg. — " What 

will the masters be doing when the knaves dare do such 

things?" 
Quid dulciu^ hommum generi a natUrd datum est, quam sui 

cuique liheri ? Cic. — " What has been given by Nature 

more dear to man than his children ? " 
Quid ego ex Mc inopid nunc capiam ? Ter. — " What am I 

now to take from such a scarcity ? " Where there is such 

a want of everything, who can take from the little there 

is? 

Quid enim ? Goncurritur — Jiorcd 

Momento cito mors ve?iit, aut victoria lata. Hor. 

— " For why ? They join battle, and in a moment of time 

there comes speedy death or joyous victory." 

Quid enim ratione timemus 

Aut cuptmus ? Juv. 

— " For what is there that we either fear or wish for as 
reason would direct ? " 

Quid enim salvis infamia nummis. Juv. — "For what 



matters infamy so long as the money is safe ? 

Quid est somnus, gelidcs nisi mortis imdgo ? Ovid. — 

" What is sleep but the image of cold death ? " 

Quid est tarn inhumdnum quam eloquentiam, a naturd ad 
salatem homlnum et ad conservationem datam, ad bondrum 
pestem perniciemquo convertere ? Cic. — " WTiat is so in- 
human as to convert that eloquence, which by nature has 
been granted for the safety and preservation of man, into 
the annoyance and destruction of the good ? " 

Quid est turpius qtmm senex vtvere indpiens ? Sen. — " What 
is more shocking than to see an old man only just begin- 
ning to live ? " What can be more dreadful than to see 



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a man advanced m years, and yet a cliild in the practice of 
virtue ? 

Quid facient pauci contra tot millia fortes ? Ovid. — " What 
can a fev« brave men do against so many thousands ? " 

Quid fades, fades Venhi* si veneris ante : 
Ne pereas per eas ; ne sedeas, sed eas. 
— " What should you do if you come into Venus' pre- 
sence ? That you may not perish through it, sit not 
down— but begone." A punning distich, written by the 
Marquis De Bierve in the 17th century, on the words 
fades, veneris, pereas, and sedeas. Quoted in J}iofes <md 
Queries, viii. 539. 

Quid fads, infelix ? Perdis bona vota. Ovid. — " What 

are you doing, unhappy man ? You are losing our good 
wishes.'* 

Quidfrustra simulacra fug acia capias? 

Quod pet is, est nusquam : quod amas avertere, perdes. 

Ista repercussce quam cernis imdgmis umbra est, 

JS'il hahet ista sui. Ovid. 

— " Why dost thou vainly catch at the flying image ? 

What thou art seeking is nowhere: what thou lovest, 

turn but away and thou shalt lose ; Avhat thou seest, is but 

the shadow of a reflected form ; it has nothing of its awn." 

From the story of Narcissus. 
Quid furor est, census corpore ferre suo I Otid. — " What 

madness it is, to be carrying a whole fortune on one's 

back ! " 

Quid habet pulchri constructus acervus T Hob. — " What 

beauty is there in money piled up in heaps ? " 

Quidjuvat immensum te argenti pondus et auri 
Furtim defossd fimldum depun*^re terra ? Hob. 

-—" What pleasure can it afford you to bury stealthily and 
in fear immense sums of silver and gold under ground ? " 

Q^id leges sine mouhus 

Vance profieiunt ? Hob. 

—" Of what avail are empty laws, without good morala ? " 

Quid magis est durum saxo, quid mollius undd ? 

Dura tamen molli saxa cavantur aqua. Ovid. 

— " What is there harder than stone, what more yielding 
than water ? Yet hard stones are hollowed bv vieldin^ 
water.'* "^ "^ . " 



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•Quid, mea cum pugnat sententia secum ? 



QuodpUiit spernit, rPpPtit quod nuper omisit ? 

JEstuat, et vitcs diseonvmit or dine toto t Hob 

— " What thiiik you of me when my judgment is at vjud- 

ance with itself? When it despises what it iust before 

desired and desires what it lately rejected ? When it is 

agitated by passion, and disturbs the whole tenor of life ? " 

Qu,id mentem traxisse polo, quid profuit altum 

^rexisse caput, pecudum si more pererrant ? Claud. 
—" What profits it to man to have derived a soul from 
heaven, what to lift his head with look erect, if, ai^er the 
manner ol brutes, he goes astray ? " 

Quidmoror exemplis, quorum me turha fatlgut ? Ovid — 
VVhy occupy myself with iUustrations, the number of 
which exhausts me ? " 

Quid nisi victis dolor ?^^^ What is there but misery for the 
conquered?" ^ 

Quid non ehrietas designat ? Operta recludit ; 

Spesjuhet esse ratas ; in prwlia trudit inertem; 

^olhcihs ammis onus ex7mit ; adducet artes. Hob 

— " What does not drink achieve ? it discloses secrets • 

commands our hopes to be ratified ; urges the dastard to 

!u ^..l ^®^o^^s pressure from troubled minds ; teaches 
the arts. 

Quid non mortdlia pectora cogis, 

Auri sacra fames ? ' Vieo. 

— " To what crimes dost thou not impel the mortal breast 
cursed greed for gold ? " ' 

Quid nos dura refuglmus 

^tas ? Quid intactum nefasti 
LJqwmns? ' • Hob. 

--" What have we, an evil generation, deemed too bad ^ 
W hat have we, a wicked race, left inviolate ? " 
Q^id nostri philosdphi ? Nonne in his libris ipsis, quos scri- 
Imnt decontemnendd glorid, sua nbmma inscrihunt? Cic 
— What do our philosophers? Do they not, in those 
very books which they write on the contempt of elorv 
inscribe their own names ? " See Qui de, &c 
Qmd nwnc.?-" What now?" What news ? A person 
who like the Athenians in Saint Paul's time, is always on 
the hunt for news is satirically caUed a quidnune. 



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Quid oportet 

Nos facer e, a vulgo longe lateque remotos ? Hob. 

— " What then must we do, when our sentiments differ 

80 far and wide from those of the vulgar ? ** 
Quid pro quo. — " One thing for another." " He expects a 

quid pro quo^^ — he looks for something in return. 
Quid prodestj Pontlce, longo 

Sanguine censeri, pictosque ostendere vultus 

Majurum ? JlTV. 

— " What boots it, Ponticus, to be accounted of a long 

line, and to display the painted busts of our ancestors ? " 
Quid prosunt leges sine morlhus / — See Quid leges^ &c. 
Quid quceque ferat rPgio^ et quid quceque recuset. ViBG. — 

" What crop each soil produces, and what each soil 

refuses to bear." A subject for the chemical agricul- 

turists. 
Quid quisque vitet^ nunquam homini satis 

Cautum est in horas. HoE. 

— " Against that which each should avoid, no man takes 

sufficient precaution at all hours." 
Quid rides ? Mutdto nomine de te 

Fdhula narrdtur. HoB. 

— " Why do you laugh ? " &c. See Mutato nomine, &c. 
Quid BomcB fdciam ? mentlri nescio. Juv. — " What 

shall I do at Rome ? I know not how to lie." He alludes 

to the corruption prevalent in Rome, where lying was the 

fashion. 
Quid si caelum mat ? Prov. — " What if the sky should fall ? ' * 

Signifying the height of improbability. 
Quid? si quis vultu torvoferus, et pede nudoy 

Exiguceque togce slmulet textbre Catonem ; 

Virtutemne reprcesentet, moresque Catonis ? Hob. 

— " What ! If any savage, by a stern countenance and 

bare feet, and the texture of a scanty gown, were to ape 

Cato ; would he represent the virtue and morals of Gate ? " 
Quid sitfuturum crasfuge qucerPre, et 

Quern sors dierum cunque dabit, lucro 

Appone. Hoe. 

— "Avoid inquiring what may happen to-morrow, and 

every day that fortune shall bestow on you, set down to 

your gain." 



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9^i.^^^ i?«/<?^r«w, quid turpe, quid Utile, quid non. HoE 

-- What IS lovely, what base, what profitable, or what 
the contrary. Horace says that Homer excels in the 
investigation of all these points. 

Quid tam dextro pede condpis, ut te 

Condtus non poeniteat, votlque peracti ? Juv. 
~" What is there that you enter upon under such favour- 
able auspices as not to repent of your undertaking and 
the accomphshment of your wish ? " 
Quid tarn ridlculum quam appUere mortem, cum vitam tibi 
tnquietam ficens metu mortis ? Sen.—" What is so ridi 
culous as to seek death, when you have made your life 
miserable by the fear of death ? " Addressed to those 
who would justify suicide. 

^^i^Jt ^^^^^i^^« >^«^ ^^nis de plurilus una? Hob — 
What does it avail you if one thorn is extracted out of 
many i The removal of a single grievance is little felt 
It many are allowed to remain. See Exempta juvat, &c.. 

Quid te igltur retulit ^ *^ ' 

Benejicum esse oratibne, si ad rem auxilium emortuum est ? 

--" What does it signify your being bounteous in talk, if 
all rea/ aid IS dead and gone ? " 

Quid terras alio calentes 

Sole mutdmus ? Hoe. 

—" Why do we change our own country for climates 
warmed by another sun ? " Addressed to men of unset- 
tled dispositions. 

Quid tibi cum gladio ? Dubiam rege, ndvlta, pinum : 

Jyon sunt h(£c d/gitis arma tenenda tuts. Ovid 

— " What hast thou to do with the sword ? Steers- 
man guide the veering bark. These are not the imple- 
ments that should be grasped by thy fingers." Lines 
which ma^ be aptly addressed to one who vainly endeav- 
ours to distmguish himself both as a soldier and a states- 
man. 

Q^idtibi cum pelago ? Terrd contenta fuisses. Ovin.— 
What have you to do with the sea? With the land 

you might have been content." 
Quid tristes querimonice 

Si non suppUcio culpa reclditur ? Hoe. 



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— " To what purpose are our woeful complaints, if sia is 

not checked with punishment ? " 
Quid turpius quam sapientis vitam ex insipientis sermone 

pendere ? — " What more unjust than to form an estimate 

of the life of a wise man from the words of a fool ? " 
Quid verum at que decens euro et rogOy et omnis in hoc sum. 

Hob. — " My care and study is what is genuine and proper, 

and in this I am wholly engaged." 
Quid vetat a magnis ad res exempla minores 

Sumere ? OviD. 

" What forbids me to apply illustrations from great mat- 
ters to small ones? " 
Quid vici prosunt aut horrea ? ■ ■ 

aSj metit Orcv^ 

Qrandia cum parvis, non exordhUis auro. Hob. 

— " Of what use are estates or granaries, if death, who 

cannot be bribed by gold, mows down equally the great 

with the small ? " 
Quid, victor, gaudes ? Hcec te victoria perdet. Oyid. — 

" Why, victor^ dost thou rejoice ? This victory shall prove 

thy ruin." 

Quid violentius aure tyranni ? Jtrv. — " What is more 

intemperate than the ear of a tyrant ? " He, least of all, 
will brook advice or the honest truth. 
Quid virtue, et quid sapientia possity 



Utue proposuit nobis exemplar Ulyssem. HoB. 

— " To show what virtue and what wisdom can do, [Homer] 

has propounded Ulysses as an instructive pattern." 

Quid voveat dulci nutrlcUla majus alumno, 

Quam sapere, etfari ut possit qua sentiat, et cui 
Gratia, fama, vdletUdo contingat abunde, 
Et mundus victus, non deficiente crumend ? HoB. 

— " What greater blessing could a tender nurse solicit for 
her beloved child, than that he might be wise, and able to 
express his sentiments, and that respect, reputation, and 
health might be his lot in abundance, and a respectable 
living with a never-failing purse ? " 

Quidam ex vuUu crnijecturam faciunt quantum quisque anrnii 
habere videdtur. Cic— •" Some persons are able to judge 
from the countenance, how much intelligence ^ach person 
is likely to have." 






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Quidque agat, igndrus stupef,, eft necfr^a remiftit 

JNec retinere valet. Ottd 

—"Ignorant what to do, he is stupefied ; be neither lets 
go the reins, nor holds fast." Said of Phaeton 

QuUquid dicunt Uudo ; id rursum si negant, laudo id qmque. 
lEB— Whatever they say, I praise it ; again, if they deny 
It, I praise that too." The rule of conduct of a time- 
serving flatterer. Such persons the Komana called assent- 
atores. 

Quidquid prcBter spem evenit, id omne in lucro est deputan- 
dum Teb.— « Whatever has resulted beyond our ex- 
pectations, must all be set down as clear gain " 

Quieta non movere. Pr^^,.-"Kot to move things at re^." 
lo let well alone. 

Qwieteetpureatque elega/nter actce cetdiis, pldctd^ et lenis re- 
cordaUo Cic.-" Of a life passed in tranquillity, and in 
innocent anJ elegant pursuits, the remembrance is pleas- 
ing and delightful." ^ 

Quilibet potest renunddre juri pro se introducto. Law Max 
-- Any one may renounce the benefit of a stipulation in- 
troduced exclusively in his own favour." 

Quique aliis cavif, non cavet ipse sibi. Ovid. *' And he 

that has defended others fails to defend himself." 

Quique magis tegitur, iectus magis cestuat ignis'. Ovin — 
And the more the flame is covered, the more it spreads " 

Quique sui memores alios fecere merendo. ViBG — See 
Inventas aut, &c. 

Quis custbdiet ipsos custodes ? JTJT.—See :Bone seram, &c. 
^uis destdmo sit pudor aut modus 

Tarn cari capitis ? HoB. 

--"What moderation or limit can there be to our regret 
at the loss of so dear a friend? " 

©WW? <^w5 hanc, Mu^m, quis nobis extudit artem ? Vibs — 
What god, ye Muses, first revealed to us this art ? " 

Quis emm, vi/rtutem amplectltwr ipsam, 

^cemia si toUas ? ' j^y 

— " For who would embrace virtue herself, if you take 
away the reward ? " No man is utterly disinterested in 
the practice of the greatest virtue ; he expects at least the 
reward of a good conscience. See Si cum, &c., and Scire 
tuum, &c. 



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Quis est enim, qui totum diem jaculans, non aTiqtiando colli- 
neat ? Cic. — " For who is there that will not, when shoot- 
ing all day long, at last hit the mark ? " 

Q,uis expedlvit psittdco suum xo'P^ •'' Pers. — " Who taught 
that parrot his * how d'ye do?'" Who taught that 
fool to quote Greek ? 

Quis fallere possit amantem ? Virg. — " Who can deceive 
a man in love ? " Who can escape a lover's jealous vigil- 
ance ? 

Quis famiilics amantior domini quam canis ? Colum. — " What 
servant is more attached to his master than the dog ? " 

Quisfuit, horrendos primus qui protulit enses ? 
Quamferus, et vereferreus illefuit I Tibul. 

— "Who was the man that first produced the dreadful 
sword ? how savage, how truly iron-hearted was he ! " 
The play upon the resemblance of the words fern^ and 
ferreus cannot be expressed in English. * 

Quis furor, O cives, quce tanta licentia ferri? LuCAN. — 
" What madness, O citizens ! why this dreadful licence of 
the sword ? " An appeal which may be made in a case of 
popular insurrection. 

Quis inlqucB 

Tarn patiens urbis, tarn ferreus, ut teneat se ? Juv. 
— *' Who can be so tolerant of the iniquities of the city, 
so steeled, as to contain himself? " 
•Quis neget arduis 



Pronos reldhi posse rivos 

Monfibus, et Tiherim reverti ? HoE. 

— " Who can deny, that rivers may flow upwards to the 

mountains, and that the Tiber can be turned back?" 

Said in derision of an argument which cannot be supported 

upon natural grounds. 

Quis nescit primam esse historicB legem ne quid falsi dlcere 
audeat ? Cic. — " Who knows not that it is the first law 
of history not to dare to say anything that is false?" 

Quis non odit varios, leves, f utiles ? Cic. — " Who does not 
dislike the fickle, frivolous, and trifling? " 

Quis novus hie nostris successit sedibus hospes ? 

Quam sese oreferens ! Vibg. 

— "What think you of this wondrous guest who has come 
to our abode ? In mien how graceful he appears ! " 



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^""'JJf^^l^ """^ ^^^?^ll^ firmitdti, aut fortuncB stabilitdti con- 
J-idere ? Cic.—" Who is there that can have confidence 
m the strength of his body, or the stability of his for- 
tune? 

Quis scit an adjiciant Jiodiernce crastina summcB 

Tempora Di superi ? . Hoe 

—"Who knows whether the gods above wiU add a morrow 
to the existence of to-day ? " 

Quis taliafando 

Temper et a Idcrymis ? Yieg. 

— " Who, in recounting such misfortunes, can refrain from 
Tears r 

Quis tulerit GraccJios de seditione querentes ? Juv.—" Wlio 
could endure the Gracchi complaining of sedition ? " The 
Gracchi were tribunes of Eome, and demagogues concern- 
ed m every seditious movement of the people. The quo- 
tation has the same meaning as Clodius accusat mcechol 

Quisnam igitur liber ? Sapiens sibi qui imperiosus ; 

Quem neque pauperies, neque mors, neque vincula terrent • 
Mesponsare cupldMbus, contemnere honores ' 

Fortis, et in seipso totus teres atque rotundus. HoE 
—" Who then is free ? The wise man who has dominion 
over himself ; whom neither poverty, nor death, nor chains 
atlright ; resolute m checking his appetites, and in con- 
temning honours ; perfect in himself, poHshed and round 
as a globe. 

Quisque suos pdthnur Manes. Vieg.— " We each of us 

have to put up with his own destiny." 

Quisquis amat ranam, ranam putat esse Didmm.—."lf a man 
is m love with a frog, he wiU think his frog a very Diana " 
A mediaeval saying. "^ 

Quo anmo—^^ With what mind," or intention. The crimi- 
nality of an act greatly depends upon the animus with 
which it was committed. 

Quo bene aepisti, sic pede semper eas. Ovid.—" Mayest thou 
always proceed well in the path which thou hast commenced 
so well to tread." 



« 'St ^"^^^ trahunt retrdJiuntque, sequdmur, Yieg — 
Wherever the fates lead us, let us follow." Let us sub- 
mit to the decrees of Providence. 
Quo jure. Law Term.'"'' By what right " 



884 



QUO. 



Quo jure, qudque mjiirid. Ter.— "Whether right or whether 

wrong." " By hook or by crook." 
Quo major gloria, eo propior i/nvidia est. LiT. — ^' Tlie 

greater the glory, the nearer it is to envy." 
Quo me cunque rapit tempestas, diferor hoepes. HoB. — See 

Nullius addictus, &c. 
Quo mihi fortunas, si non concedHur uti ? HoR. — " Of 

what use is fortune to me, if 1 am not permitted to enjoy 

it ? " 
Quo more pyris vesci Calaber juhet hospes. Hon. — 

" After the manner in which a Calabrian invites his guest 

to feed on pears." Pears so abounded in Calabria, that 

hogs were fed with them. Applicable to those who would 

force on you that which is of little value and for which 

you have no liking. 
Quo nihil majus meliusve terris. Hob. — " Than which there 

is nothing greater or more august on earth." 
Quo no7i ars penHrat ? Diseunt Idcrymdre deoenter. OviD. 

— " To what point does not art proceed ? Some even study 

how to weep with grace." 
Quo plus sunt potcE, plus sitiuntur aquw. Ovid. — "The 

more water we drink, the more we thirst." — The more we 

have, the more we want. A simile derived from the 

dropsy. 
Quo quisque stultior, eo magis insolesdi. — " The more foolish 

a man is, the more insolent he becomes." 
Quo res cunque cadent, unum et commUne peridum, 

Una solus ajnbobus erit. Y111&. 

— "However things may turn out, we shall share one 

common danger, enjoy the same security." 
Quo ruUis generosa domus? male credUu/r Jiosti, 

Simplex nobilUas, perfida tela cave. OvTD. 

— " Whither rush ye, high-born house P It is unsafe to 

trust a foe. Unsuspecting nobles, beware of the weapons 

of treachery." 
Quo scTnel est imbitta recens servdbit odorem 

Testa diu. Hos. 

— " A cask will long preserve the flavour with which, when 

new, it was once impregnated." Early youth is especially 

susceptible of impressions for good or for bad. 
Quo tamen adversis Jlucftbus ire paras ? Ovid. — " Whitlier 



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385 



then do you prepare to go against the tide of circum- 
stances t 

Quo tendis inertem, 



BexperUure^fugam? nescis heu, perdUe ! nescis 
Quern fugias ; hostes incurris, dumfugis hostem. 
Incidis in Scgllam cupiens vitdre Charybdim. 

Philip Gualtieb 
—"Whither, unfortunate king, dost thou direct thy un- 
availing flight? Thou knowest not, alas ! doomed man, 
whom to fly ; while thou fliest from one foe thou art 
running into the hands of another. Thou fallest into Scylla 
while endeavouring to escape Charybdis." See Incidit 
in, &c. 

Quo teneam vultus mutantem Frotea nodo ^ Hoe — " In 
what noose shaU I hold this Proteus, who is always chang- 
ing his countenance ? " How confine to one point the 
man who is always shifting his ground of argument ? 

Quo tua nonpossunt qfendi pectora facto ; 
Forsttan hoc dliojudlce crimen erit. Ovid 

—"Perhaps the commission of that by which your own 
anothfr'^''^ ^^* ^^. may be a fault in the opinion of 

Quoad hoc.-- Thus far." " Quoad hoc, I agree with you " 
Quocunque aspwias, nihil est nisi pontus et aer ; 
Kubtbus hie tumidus,Jlucribus ille minax ' Ovid 
-" Whichever way you look, there is nothing but sea and 

wTtL biUows ""* ^'^'''^^^' *^^ ^''^^^'' threatening 

Quocunque wowi/;?^ yaw^^/f.—" In whatever name he reioices " 

i3y whatever name he may be known. 
-Quocunque vohnt, animum auditdris agunto Hob — 

"Let them lead just as they please the passions of the 

audience The great object of the poet and the orator. 
Quod absurdum est.—- Which is absurd." See Reductio ad 

aosurdum. 

Quod alibi diminutum, excequdtur alibi. Frov — " That 
which is curtaHed one way may be made up another." 
bee Non omnia, <S:c. 

Quod avertatDeus !-.- Which may God forbid ! " Or, more 
tersely, " God forbid ! " » ^ 

2 c 






386 



QUO. 



Quod caret altemd requie durable non est. Otid. — " That 
which is without alternate repose is not durable." 

Quod certaminibus ortum, ultra metam durat. Vell. Patee. 
— " What is begun in strife lasts beyond our calcula- 
tions." Contention should if possible be avoided while 
there is still room for negotiation. 

Qtiod cessat ex reditu, frugalitdte suppledtur. Pliny the 
Younger. — " Let that which is wanting in our revenue be 
made up by frugality," 

Quod cibus est aliis, dliis est aire venerium. — " What is food 
for some is black poison to others." Tastes differ. " What 
is one man's meat is another man's poison." 

Quod cuique temporis ad vivendum datur, eo debet esse con- 
tentus. Cic. — " Each ought to be content with the period 
of existence allotted." 

Quod de quoque viro, et cui dicas, scepe caveto. — "Be con- 
stantly on your guard to whom you speak and what you 
say." 

Quod decet Tionestum est, et quod honestum est decet. CiC. 
— " Whatever is becoming is honourable, and whatever is 
honourable is becoming." 

Quod defertur non aufertur. — " That which is deferred is not 
relinquished." " Omittance is no quittance." Shaksp. 

Quod erat demonstrandum. — " Which was to be proved." 
Abbreviated Q. E. D., and generally appended to the 
Theorems of Euclid. 

Quod erat faciendum. — " Which was to be done." Ab- 
breviated Q. E. F.J and appended to the Problems of 
Euclid. 

Quod est violentum non est durdMle. JProv. — " That which 
is violent cannot last long." 

Quod huic officium, quce laits, quod decus erit tanti quod 
adipisci cum dolore corporis velit, qui dolorem summum 
malum sibi persuaserit '^ quam porro quis ignominiam, quam 
turpitudmem non pertulerit, ut ejfugiat dolorem, si id sum- 
mum malum esse decrevit ? Cic. — " What office, what 
commendation, what honours, will be so highly valued by 
him who considers pain the greatest of evils, that he will 
earn them at the expense of bodily pain ? And what 
ignominy, what baseness, will he not submit to, merely 



QUO. 



387 



to ?j^oid pain, if he is of opinioQ that it is the greatest 

Quod in corde sohrii, id in lingua ebrii. Prov —" Wh-it a 
man keeps in his breast when sober is at his tongue's 
end when drunk." ^ee In vino, &c. 

Quod latet ignotum est, igndti nulla cupldo. Ovid —-" That 
which lies hid is unknown ; for what is unknown there is 
no desire. What the eye sees not, the heart rues not " 

Quodhcet tngrdtum est, quod non licet, dcrius urit.-OYiB 
— What is accessible is but little esteemed, what is 
denied is eagerly desired." 

Quod malefers, asmesce ; feres bene. Multa vetustas 
Ltenit.' ^ 

— " What you endure with impatience, accustom yow^elf 
to ; and you will endure it with patience. Time makes 
many things endurable." See Optimum eliqe, &c. 
Quod medicamenta morbis exMbent, hoc jura negotiis.—" Laws 

^s^eases^^ '"^^ ""'^ "" *^^ ^^^"^^ ""^ "^^""^ ^' medicines in 

Quod medicorum est, 

Promittunt medici, tractant fabrllia fabri. Hob 
—"Physicians undertake what belongs to physicians, 
mechamcs handle the tools of mechanics " 

Quodmunus reipubUccB afferre majus meliusve possumus, quam 
St docemus atque erudlmus juventutem ? Cic —« What 
greater benefit can we confer upon the state, or what 
more valuable, than if we teach and train up the young ? ' > 

Quod naturalis ratw inter omnes homines constUuit, vocdtur 
JUS genttum.^^' That which natural reason has es ablished 
among aU men, is called the law of nations ' ' 

Quod nescias damndre, summa est temMtas.-^'' It is extremp 
presumption to condemn what you do not understand." 

Quod nimis misert volunt, hoc fdcHe credunt.—- That which 

lieve"^' ^""^^^'^^ ^^^^ ^^r» t^ey are ready to be- 

Quod non opus est, asse carum est.—'^ What is not wanted 

oZdlZ ^ Pf^^r ^ '^^^^^^ ^^ ^^*«' q^^*^d by Seneca. 
Quod non potest, vult posse qui nimium potest. Sen.-" He 

Twp ' ' ""tw ?v ^ )7 "'^'^' ^''^^^ *^ d« °^^^^ than lie is 
f^l ;. The thirst for power becomes the more insatiate 
the more it is gratified. ^^t^oi-c 

2 c 2 



388 QUO. 

Quod nunc ratio est, impetus antefuit. Oyid. — " What 

is now an act of reason was an impulse before." 
-Quod optanti DivUm promittPre nemo 



Auderet, volvenda dies, en ! attulit ultro. ViEG. 
— " That which not one of the gods would have ventured 
to promise to your supplications, behold! the revolving 
day has spontaneously bestowed." Said of some unlooked- 
for piece of good fortune. 

Quod petiit spernit, repHit quod nttper omisit. HoR. — " What 
he formerly sought, he now despises, and seeks again that 
which he lately rejected." A description of the unsettled 
mind of a wayward and capricious man. 

Quod petis hie est ; 

Est Vluhris. Hon. 

— " What you seek is here — it is at Ulubrse." Happiness 
may be enjoyed even in the meanest of places. 

Quod petis, id sane invlsum est acldumque duohus. Hoe. — 
"What you ask for is detestable and nauseous to two 
other persons." Said of an author, desirous, but unable, 
to please the tastes of three different readers. 

Quod prcestdre potes, ne bis prom'iseris ulli ; 
Ne sis verhosus, dum vis urhdnus haberi. Cato. 
— " Promise not twice to any man the sen'ice you may be 
able to render him ; and be not loquacious, if you wish to 
be esteemed for your kindness." 

Quod pudeat socium prudens celnre memento. — " What shames 
thy friend, be prudent and conceal." 

Quod quisque vitety nunquam homini satis 

Cautum est in horas. Hoe. 

— " Man is never sufficiently on his guard from hour to 
hour what to avoid." 

Quod ratio nequiit, scepe sandvit mora. Sen. — " Time and pa- 
tience have often cured what reason could not." 

Quod satis est cui contingit, nihil amplius optet. Hoe. — 
"He whose lot it is to have enough should wish for 
nothing more." 

Quod sets, nihil prodest : quod nescis, multum ohest. Cic. — 
"What you know prohts you nothing, what you don't 
know is a great loss." An instance of Antithesis. 

Quod spqultuVyfugio; quodfugit, itsque sequor. Ovid. — " What 
follows me, I fly ; what flies me, I continue to pursue." 



QUO. 



389 



Quod si dejlciant vires, auddcia certe 

Laus erit; in magnis, et voluisse sat est. Peopert. 
■—"Even though the strength should fail, still boldness 
shall have its praise ; in great undertakings it is enough 
to have attempted." ^ 

Quod si tantus amor menti, si tanta cupido est 

JSt insdno juvat indulgere labori, 

Acdpe qucd peragenda prius. Yieg. 

— " But if so great a passion, so ardent a love of enter- 
prise influences your mind, and you delight to undertake 
a task so desperate, hear what must first be done." 

Quod sis esse velis, nihilque malis. Maet. — " Wish to be 
what you are, and consider nothing preferable." 

Quod sors feret, feremus aequo amino. Tee.—" Whatever 
fortune may bring, let us bear it with equanimity." 

Quod supra nos, nihil ad nos. Pror. — " That ' which is 
above us is nothing to us." Originally a saying of So- 
crates, intimating that we ought not to attempt to pry 
into mysteries beyond our comprehension. See Quce 
supra, &c. 

Quod tarn grande sophos clamat tihi turha togdta, 
Non tu, Pomponi, coena diserta tua est. ' Maet. 

— " The reason why the gown-clad multitude receives you 
Pomponius, with such loud plaudits is, not that you, but 
that your dinner, speaks with eloquence." 

Quod tantis Bomdna manus contexerit annis, 
Proditor unus inermi, angusto tempore vertit. Claud. 
-—" What the Eoman hand constructed in so many years, a 
single traitor, unarmed, overthrew in one short moment." 
A censure against Rufinus. 

Quod tihi fieri non vis, alteri ne feceris.—'''Do not unto 
another what you would not have done unto yourself." 

Quod verum, simplex, sincerumque est, id naturce hominis est 
aptisslmum. Cic— " That which is true, honest, and sin- 
cere, IS most congenial to the nature of man." 

Quod vide.—'' Which see." Often written q. v. 

Quod vidimus testdmur.—'' We testify that we have seen." 
1 John iii. 11. 

Quod vile est carum, quod carum est vile, putdfo ; 

Sic tihi nee parous, nee avdrus hahehhis ulli, Cato. 



390 



QUO, 



" Consider that what is inferior is dear, and what is 

dear is inferior ; so you will neither appear stingy to your- 
self, nor be considered avaricious by others." 

Quod volunt homines, se bene velle putant.—'' What men wish 
for, they think themselves right in wishing for." 

Quod vosjus cogit, id voluntdte impetret. Ter. — " That which 
the law would compel you to do, let him obtain as of your 
own free will." Concede with a good grace that which 
the law will not allow you to withhold. 

Quodcunqite aWgerit, si qua est studiosa sinistri, 
Ad vitium mores instruet inde suos. Ovid. 

— " Whatever comes in a woman's way, if she is at all 
inclined to do wrong, she will strain to her vicious pur- 
poses." 

Quodcunque osfendis mihi sic, incredulus odi. HoR. — " What- 
ever you show me in such a manner, I detest and disbe- 
lieve." Said with reference to the exhibition on the stage 
of shocking and disgusting objects. 

Quodlihet. — " Whatever you please." A farrago or miscel- 
lany. This name is also given to a pot-pourri, or song, 
composed of scraps or verses of other songs, much after 
the fashion of the Cento of the later Eoman poets. 

Quomodo habeas, illud refert ; jurene an injuria. PiAUT. — 
" The question is, In what way you get it, whether right- 
fully or wrongfully." 

Quondam etiam victis redit in prcecordia virtus. ViRG. — 
" Sometimes valour will return even into the breasts of the 
conquered." When it is prompted by despair. 

Quoniam diu vixisse denegdtur, dliquid facidmus quo posstmus 
ostendere nos vixisse. Cic. — " As length of life is denied 
us, let us do something by which we may show that we 
have lived." 

Quoniam id fieri quod vis non potest, 

Velis id quod possit. Tee. 

— " As that cannot be done which you desire, wish for 
something that can be done." 

Quoniam quidem circumventus db inim'icis prceceps agor, incen- 
dium meum ru'ind restinguam. Sall. — " Since, then, I am 
so beset by foes and hurried on to destruction, I will 
extinguish the flame in which I perish by their ruin.'* 



QUO. 



391 



From the speech of Catiline to the senate, when accused 
by them of conspiring against the state. 

Quorum cemuldri exoptat negligentiam 
I*otius quam ipsdrum obscuram diligentiam. Tee. 
— " Whose carelessness (of style) he prefers to emulate, 
rather than the laboured abstruseness of the others." 

Quorum animus meminisse horret luctuque refilgit. Vieg. 

"At the remembrance of which my soul shudders, and 
has shrunk back with grief" 

Quorum pars causas, et res, et nomma qu^eret ; 

Fars referet, quamvis noverit ipsa parum. Ovid. 
--" Some will be making inquiries as to the reasons, the 
circumstances, and the names ; some again will be explain- 
ing, although they themselves know but little about it." 

Quorum pars magna fui. Yirg. — See Quceque ipse, &c. 

Quos Beus yult perdere dementat prius.--'' Those whom God 
has a mind to ruin he first deprives of their senses." 
Aptly applied to persons whose obstinacy, or pride, leads 
them into errors portentous of their fall. See At Bcemon, 
&c., and Quem Jupiter, &c. 

Quos ego Yirg.— " Whom I " will chastise. A 

good illustration of the figure Aposiopesis. 
-Quos ille timorum 



Maximum haud urget lethi metus : inde ruendi 

Inferrum mens prona viris, dnimceque capdces 

Mortis. LuCAN. 

-—"The dread of death, that greatest of fears, does not 

influence them : hence they are inspired to rush upon the 

sword, and are ever ready for death." 
Quos nunc perscrlbere longum est. — "Whom it would be 

tedious just now to enumerate." See Cum multis, &c. 
Quot capUum vivunt, tot^dem studiorum 

Millia.- HoR. 

— " As is the number of men who exist, so is the diversity 

of their pursuits." 
Quot homines, tot sententice. Ter. — " So many men, so 

many minds." See the preceding, and Denique non, 

&c. 

Quot servi, tot hostes. Sen.—" As many servants, so many 
enemies." Every servant you keep has an opportunity of 
becoming your enemy. 



392 



QUO— .EAD. 



— Quotidie 

JPridie caveat ^ nefaciat quod pig eat postridie. Plaut. 
— " Let each man take care not to do to-day what he may- 
regret to-morrow." 

Quotiesflenti Theseius Tieros 



Siste modum, dixit ^ neque enim fortiina querenda 
Sola tua est ; similes aliorum respice castiSy 

Mltitis ista feres. Ovid. 

— " How often did the hero, the son of Theseus say to her 
as she wept, ' Restrain thy grief ; for thy lot is not the 
only one to be lamented ; consider the like calamities of 
others, thou wilt then bear thine own better."* 

Quotiescitmque gradual fades, toties tibi tmrum virtHtum 
veniat in mentem. Cic. — " As often as you make a step, 
80 often let your merits occur to your mind." The words 
addressed by his mother to Spurius Carvilius, who had 
been rendered lame by a wound received in battle. 

Quousque tandem abutere patientid nostra? Cic. — "How 
long, pray, will you abuse our patience ? " The beginning 
of Cicero's first Philippic against Catiline. 

Quum l<ibor extuderit fastldia, siccus, indnis, 

Sperne cibum vilem ; nisi Hymettia mella Falerno 

Ne blberis dilUta. Hob. 

— " When exercise has worked off squeamishness, dry and 
hungry as you are, then despise plain food; and don't 
drink anything but Hymettian honey qualified with 
Palemian wine." Said ironically, of course. 

Quum sunt partium jura obscUra, reo potius favendum est qua?n 
auctori. Law Max. — " When the rights of the parties are 
doubtful, favour must be shown to the defendant rather 
than the complainant." 



E. 

a. I. p., for Bequiescat in pace. — " May he rest in peace." 
These initials frequently terminate the epitaph of persons 
of the Eoman Catholic persuasion. 

Madit usque ad cutem. Frov. — " He shaves close to the 
skin." Applied to a person who is rigorously exact- 
ing. 



EAM—EAE. 



393 



--—Bami felicia poma ferentes. Ovid. — " Branches bear- 
ing beauteous fruit." 
-JRapidus mantdno flUmme torrens 



Sternit agros, sternit sata Iceta, boumque labores, 

JPrcBcipitesque trahit sylvas. ViEG. 

— "The raging torrent of the mountain- stream sweeps 
over the fields, levels the smiling crops and the labours of 
the oxen, and carries headlong the trees of the forest." 

Rara avis in terris, nigroque similUma cygno. Ovid. — " A 
bird rarely seen on earth, and very like a black swan." 
A thing so utterly unknown in those times, that it was 
supposed not to exist. The first four words are often 
used ironically. 

Rara est adeo concordia formce 

Atque pudicitics. Ju v. 

-— " So rare is the union of beauty and virtue." Beauty 
is greatly exposed to the arts of temptation, which in the 
corrupt age of Juvenal were exercised with almost uni- 
versal success. 

Rara fides pietasque viris qui castra sequuntur. Ltican. — 
" Faith and piety are rarely found among the men who 
follow the camp." This is a severe, and it is to be hoped 
undeserved, censure against the military profession. 

Rara quidem virtus, quam nan fortuna gubemat. OviD. 

" Eare indeed is that virtue which fortune does not eo- 

» » o 



vern. 



Rara temporum felicitate^, ubi sent'ire qu(S velis, et quce sentias 
d'lc^re licet. Tacit. — " Such was the uncommon happiness 
of the times, that you might think what you would and 
speak what you thought." A description of the freedom 
and happiness enjoyed by the Eoman empire in the reigns 
of Nerva and Trajan. 

-Rari nantes in gurgite vasto. Yieg. — "A few swim- 
ming here and there in the vasty deep." A description 
of sailors endeavouring to escape from shipwreck ; but 
sometimes applied to literary works, in which a few happy 
thoughts may be found here and there amid an ocean of 
nonsense. See Apparent rari, &c. 

Rari quippe boni ; nUmero vix sunt totYdem quot 
Thebdrum portce, vel dmtis ostia Nili. Juv. 

— " Few indeed are the good ; their number is scarce so 



j^ii^^^j&i^Affi^M^iSiUiaii^KM^^^aibM^!^ 



MifiiTff f- iirli rninifMgii 



394 



EAE— RE. 



many as the gates of Thebes, or the mouths of fertilizing 
Kile." The gates of Thebes in Egypt were one hundred 
in number, those of Thebes in Boeotia seven. 

^aro antecedent em scelestum 

Deseruit pede poena claudo. Hoe. 

— " Justice has rarely, with halting foot, failed to over- 
take the evil-doer in his flight." 

Harus enimferme sensus communis in Hid 

Fortund. Juv. 

— " Common sense is seldom found with great fortune." 
Men when suddenly elevated are apt to lose their 
senses. 

Maries sermo illis, et magna libido tacendi. Juv. — "They 
speak but seldom, and show a great love of silence." Said 
with reference to men who aftect a silent and solemn de- 
portment, as indicative of wisdom and solid sense : copy- 
ists of Lord Burleigh's expressive nods. 

Ratio et auctoritas, duo clarissma mundi lumina. CoKE. — 
"Eeason and authority, the two brightest lights of the 
world." 

JRdtio et consilium proprice duds artes. Tacit. — " Thought 
and deliberation are the proper qualifications of a general." 

JRdtio et ordtio conciliant inter se hommes. Neque ulld re 
longius absumiLS a naturd ferdrum. Cic. — " Keason and 
speech unite men to each other. Nor is there anything in 
which we difier more entirely from the brute creation." 

Ratio justijtca. — " The reason which justifies." 

Ratio quasi qucedam lux lumenque vita. CiC. — " Eeason is, 
as it were, the guide and light of life." 

Ratio suasoria. — " The reason which persuades." 

RdtiondbUe tempus. — "A reasonable time." 

Re infectd. — " The business being unfinished." His object 
being unaccomplished. 

Re ipsa repperi, 

Facilitate nihil esse hommi melius neque clementid. Ter. 
— " I have found by experience that there is nothing bet- 
ter for a man than an easy temper and complacency." 

Re opitulandum non verbis. Rrov. — " We must assist in 
deeds, not in words." 

Re secundd JbrtiSj dubid fugax. Ph^ed. — "In prosperity 
courageous, in danger timid." 



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395 



Rebus angttstis animosus atque 

Fortis appdre ; sapienter idem 

Contrdhes vento nimium secundo 

Turgyda vela. HoR. 

-—"In adversity, appear full of resolution and undaunted ; 

m like manner prudently reef your sails, when too much 

distended by a prosperous gale." 
Rebus in angustis facile est contemnere mortem; 

For titer illefacit qui miser esse potest. Mart. 

-— " In adversity it is easy to show contempt for death ; 

he acts with fortitude, who can endure being wretched." 

Suicide is cowardice : 

"The coward dares to die, the brave live on." 
Rebus secundis etiam egregios duces insolescere. Tacit. 

" In the moments of prosperity, even the best of generals 

are apt to be too much elated." 
Rebus sic stantibus.—'' Such being the state of things." 
Recenti mens trep7d^t metu. HoR.— " My mind is still 

agitated with terror." 
-Recepto 



Dulce mihifurere est amico. HoE. 

— " It is delightful to launch out on receiving my friend 
once more." 

Recipiunt foemince sustentacula a nobis. — "Women receive 
support from us." Motto of the Patten-makers' Com- 
pany. 

Recta actio non erit, nisi recta fuit voluntas, ab hoc enim est 
actio. Rursus, voluntas non erit recta, nisi habitus dnmi 
rectus fuerit, ab hoc enim est voluntas. Sen. — " An action 
will not be right unless the intention is right, for from 
it springs the action. Again, the intention cannot be 
nght unless the state of the mind is right, for from it 
proceeds the intention." 

Rectius vives, Licmi, neque altum 

Semper urgendo, neque, dum procellas 
Cautus horrescis, nimium premendo 

JLittus inlquum. HoR. 

— " You will live more prudently, Licinius, by neither al- 
ways keeping out at sea, nor, while you are cautiously in 
dread of storms, by hugging too much the hazardous 
bhore. A lesson to avoid extremes. 



396 



EEC— RED. 



Rectus in curia. Law Phrase. — " Upright in the court." 
The state of a man who comes into a court of justice with 
clean hands. 

JRecusdtio jud^icis. — "Exception taken to the judge." 

Meddas amicis tempora^ ttxori vaces^ 

Ammum Relaxes, otium des corpori. Phjed. 
— " Give time to your friends, your leisure to your wife, 
relax your mind, and refresh your body." Lines ad- 
dressed to a man immersed in business. 

Bedde vicem mentis ; grato licet esse. OviB. — " Make 

some return for my kindness; you may now be grate- 
ful." 

ReddPre personcd scit convenientia cuique. Hor. — " He knows 
how to assign to each person a suitable part." He knows 
what best suits each character. Said of a dramatic 
writer. 

Reddere qui voces jam scit puer, et pede certo 
Signat humum, gestit pdr1.hus colhldere, et iram 
ColUgit ac ponit temere, et mutdtur in horas. HoE. 
— " The child who just knows how to talk and to walk, 
delights to play with his equals, is easily provoked and 
appeased, and changes with every hour." 

Reddtte depositum; pietas sua foRdera servet ; 

Fraus absit ; vdcuas ccedis hahete manus. Ovid. 

— "Restore the pledge intrusted; let affection observe 

her duties ; be there no fraud ; keep your hands free fix)m 

bloodshed." 

Redeat mheris, abeat fortuna superhis. Hob. — " May 

fortune revisit the wretched, and forsake the proud!" 

Red'ire ad nuces. — "To return to the nuts." To become a 
child again. 

Redit agncolis labor actus in orbem, 

Atque in se sua per vestigia volvUur annus. Yirg. 
— " The farmer's toil returns in a circle, and the year re- 
volves in its former footsteps." 

Redolet lucemam. — " It smells of the lamp." See Olet 
lucernam. 

Reductio ad absurdum. — " A reduction to an absurdity." A 
phrase used in logical or mathematical reasoning, when 
the adversary is reduced to submission by proving the ah- 
surdity of his position. 



EEF— EEO-. 



397 



Refricdre cicatricem. — " To open a wound afresh." " To rip 
up an old sore." To revert to a former grievance. 

Rege incolumi, mens omnibus una est ; 

Amisso, rupere Jidem, constructaque mella 
Ditipuere ipsce, et crates solvere favorv/tn. Vieg. 
— "While the king is safe one mind animates all ; when 
he is dead they dissolve their union, and themselves tear 
to pieces the fabric of their honey, and demolish the 
structure of their combs." From this circumstance, Virgil 
expresses his opinion that bees are endowed with some- 
thing more than instinct. The presiding bee was, by the 
ancients, erroneously called the "king." 

Reges dicuntur multis urgere culullis, 

JEt torquere mero, quern perspexisse labor ent^ 

An sit amicitid dignu^. HoE. 

— " Certain kings are said to ply with many a cup, and to 
test with wine, the man whom they are anxious to prove, 
whether he be worthy of their friendship." 

Regia, crede miJii, res est, succurrere lapsis. OviD. — " *Tis a 
kingly act, believe me, to succour the distressed." 

Rpgibus boni quam mail suspectiores sunt, semperque his aliena 
virtus formidolosa est. Sall. — " Good men are more sus- 
pected by kings than bad ones ; and distinguished virtues 
in other men are always to them a ground of apprehen- 
sion." When a man has no rivals in station, he is apt to 
become suspicious of those who are his successful rivals in 
the practice of virtue. 

Regtbus hie mos est ; ubi equos mercantur opertos 
Inspiciunt ; ne si fades, ut scepe, decora 
Molli fulfa pede est, emptbrem inducat hiantem. 
Quod pulchrcB dunes, breve quod caput, ardua cervix. Hob. 
— " This is the custom with men of fortune when they 
purchase horses, they inspect them covered; that if, as 
often happens, a fine forehand is supported by a tender 
hoof, it may not deceive the buyer, eager for the bargain, 
because the buttocks are handsome, the head small, and 
the neck stately." 

Regis ad exemplar totus componttur orbis. — " The whole com- 
munity is regulated by the example of the king." See 
Componitur orbis, &c. 

Rpgium donum.—'' The royal gift." A sum of money granted 



398 



EEG— EEM. 



yearly by the Crown to the Presbyterian clergy of Ireland 
is so called. 

Hegius morhiis. — " The royal disease." In the classical au- 
thors this means the jaundice, but when used by mediaeval 
writers, it signifies the malady now known as the "king's 
evil." 

Begndre nolo, liber ut non sim mihi. Phjed. — " I would not 
be a kiug to lose my liberty." 

Megida ex jure, non jus ex reguld sunutur. Law Max. — " The 
practice is taken Irom the law, not the law from the prac- 
tice." 

Begum cequdhat opes anmis ; seraque revertens 

"Node domum, dapibus mensas onerdhat inemptis. Vieg. 
— "He equalled the wealth of kings in contentment of 
mind ; and at night returning home, would load his board 
with unbought dainties." A description of the happy lile 
of the old man Corycius. 

Begum feUcitas multis miscetur malis. — " The happiness of 
kings is alloyed by many evils." 

Bei mandated omnes sapientes primum prcevorti decet. Plaut. 
— " It behoves all wise men to give their first attention to 
the business intrusted to them." . 

Tcic.^n. BeipuhliccB forma lauddri facUius quam evenire^^si evenit^y^l 
H/ ^^' haud diuiurna esse potest. Tacit. — " It is more easy to 

praise a republican form of government than to establish 
it ; and when it is established it cannot be of long dura- 
tion." So far as Europe is concerned, the historian seems 
to be right. 

Beldta r^firo. — " I tell the tale as it was told to me." I do 
not vouch for its truth. 

Belegdre bona religionibu^. Law Phrase. — " To bequeath 
one's property for pious purposes." 

Belictd non bene parmuld. HoR. — " Ingloriously leaving 

my shield behind." Horace confesses that he did this at 
the battle of Philippi, when he saved himself by flight. 
See Tanquam Argivum, &c. 

Beligentem esse oportet^ religiosum nefas. AuL. Gell. fro7H 
an ancient poem. — " A man should be religious, not super- 
stitious." A play upon the resemblance of the two words. 

Bern acu tefigit. — " He has touched the matter with a 
needle." " He has hit the right nail on the head." 



EEM— EES. 



399 



-Bern, facias rem ; 



Sipossis recte, si non, quocunque modo rem. Hor. 

-— " Wealth, acquire wealth ; by honest means if you can, 

if not, by any means gain wealth." " Get money, my 

son, get money, honestly if you can, but get money." 
Bern tibi quam nosces aptam, dimittere noli ; 

Bronte capilldtd, post est occdsio calva. Cato. 

— " Lose not the thing that thou knowest to be suitable 

for thee ; Opportunity has locks before, but behind is 

bald." See Occasio prima, &c. 
Bern tu strenuus auge. Hoe, — " Exert every endeavour 

to increase your property." 
Bemis velisque. Pror.— "With oars and sails." Using 

every possible endeavour. " With tooth and nail." 
Benovet pristma bella.--" Let him fight his battles over 

again." 

Bepardbllis adsonat echo. Pees. — " Repeating echo 

resounds." 

Bepente dives nemo factus est bonus. Ste. — " No good man 
ever became rich all of a sudden." Fortunes rapidly made 
are often owing to advantage being taken of others'. 

Beperit Deus nocentem. Frov. — " God finds out the guilty 

man." Our sins " come home to us at Jast." At ^ / / • 

Bequiem ceternam dona eis, L>umme.—'' Gfrant^tliSnf etemar^^^ ^'^' 
rest, O Lord." The beginning of the Bequiem, or chaunt 
for the dead, of the Eomish Church. 

Bequiescat in pace.—''Mdij he rest in peace." A common 
inscription on tomb-stones. It is sometimes used ironi- 
cally in reference to the departed greatness of persons 
dismissed from office. See B. I. P. 

Berum ipsdrum cogmtio vera, e rebus ipsis est. Jul. Scalig. 
— " The true knowledge of things must be derived from 
the things themselves." Mastery of a subject can only 
be acquired by attentive study and examination. 

Bes amicos invenit. Plaut. — " Money finds friends." 

Bes angusta domi. Juv. — "Narrowed circumstances 

at home ; " limited means. " The res angusta domi obliges 
him to live in retirement." An euphemism for poverty. 
Bes est blanda canor ; discant cantdre puellce. Ovid. — 
"Music is an insinuating thing: let the fair learn to 
Bing." 



400 

Mes est sacra miser.- 



EES. 

— Otid. — "A man in distress is 

a sacred object." Respect is due to the sufferings of the 

wretched. 
Bes est solliciti plena timoris amor. Ovid. — " Love is full of 

anxious fears." 
Mes humdncB instoMles sunt, et nihil hahent firmitdtis. CiC. 

— " Human affairs are unstable, and have in them nothing 

lasting." 
Res in card me est, Frov. — " The business is on the hinge." 

It is now in suspense, but will soon be terminated one 

way or the other. 
Bes judicata. — " A thing adjudged." A matter decided. 
Bes rustlca sic est, si unam rem sero feceris omnia opera sera 

fades. Cato. — " The nature of husbandry is such, that 

if you do one thing too late, you wiU do everything too 

late." 
Bes sunt Jiumdnce fiebile lUdihrium. — " Human affairs are a 

mournful jest." 
Bes ubi magna nitet. HoR. — " Where an ample for- 
tune shines." Where splendid circumstances are evident. 
Bes unJus cetdtis. — " A thing of only one age." A phrase 

employed in the law to denote a legal provision, which 

cannot extend to the circumstances of more than one 

generation. 
Bespice Jinem. — " Look to the end." " Eespect your end." 

Comedy of Errors, act iv. sc. 4. 
Besplcere exemplar vitce morumque juheho 

Doctum imitdtorem, et veras hinc dUcere voces. HoE. 

— " I would direct the learned imitator to study closely 

nature and manners, and thence to draw his expressions to 

the life." 
Bespondeat superior. Law Max. — " The principal must 

answer." The master must answer for the acts of his 

servant when acting as such. 
Bespue quod non es. Pees. — " Eeject what you are 

not." Assume not a character to which you have no just 

claim. 
Bestat iter coelo : ccelo tentdlumus ire ; 

Da vPniam coepto, JUpUer alte, meo. Ovid. 

— " There remains a path through the heavens ; through 

the heavens we will attempt to go. Great Jupiter, grant 



BET— EID. 



401 



pardon to my design." The words of Daedalus, when 
about to make his escape on wings from the Cretan Labv- 
rmth. ^ 

Bete non tenditur acdpltri neque milvio. Tee. " The net is 

not spread for the hawk or the kite." 
Beverendo admodum. — " To the very reverend." 
Bevocdte dmmos, moestumque timorem 

MittHe. ^ YmQ. 

—^j^Resume your courage, and cast off this desponding 

Bex datur propter regnum, non regnum propter regem Bo- 
tentia non est nisi ad honum. Law Max.— ''A kino^ is 
given for the sake of the kingdom, not the kingdom^for 
the^sake of the king. Power is only given for the public 

Bex est major singrdis, minor universis. Beacton — " Tlie 
kmg is greater than any individual, but less than the 
whole community." 

Bex est qui metuit nihil; 

Bex est qui cupit nihil. Sen. 

— " He is a king who fears nothing ; he is a king who de. 
sires nothing." & ^^ 

Bexnunquam moritur. Law Max.-^^' The king never dies " 
Ihe office is supposed to be fiUed by his successor at the 
instant of his decease. 

■ Bidentem dlcere verum 

Quidvetat? Hoe. 

— " What forbids a man to convey the truth laughindv ? " 
Why may not truth be conveyed under the form of pleas- 
antry r ^ 

Bide sisapis. Maet.--" Laugh if you are wise." Enjoy 
the ridicule which is directed against the foUies of the a^e. 
It IS good to be merry and wise." 

Bidere in stomdcho. Cic.~" To laugh inwardly." " To lauffh 
m one's sleeve," as we say. ^ ^ 

Bidet argento domm. Hoe.~« The house smHes with sH- 
ver. Almost every article is of plate. 

Bidetur chorda qui semper oberrat eddem. Hoe.—" He is 
laughed at who is for ever blundering on the same string-." 
A man who IS always harping on one subject or talkmg 
about himself becomes ridiculous. 

2 D 



402 



EID— EUM. 



■Bidiculum acri 



Fortius ac melius magnas plerumque secat res. Hob. 

— "Eidicule often settles an affair of importance better 

and more effectually than severity." 

JRidiculus ceque nullus est, quam quando esiirit. Plaut. — " A 
man is never so droll as when he is hungry." That is, of 
course, when he expects to satisfy his hunger by his buf- 
foonery. 

JBisu dissolvit tlia. Peteon. Aebitee. — "He bursts his 
sides with laughing." 

Misu inepfo res ineptior nulla est. jIVIaet. — "Nothing is 
more silly than silly laughter." 

Bisum tenedtis, amici ? Hoe. — " Can you refrain from 

laughter, my friends ? " 

Misus abundat in ore stultorum. — " Laughter abounds in the 
mouths of fools." 

Bivdlem patienter Jiahe. Ovid. — " With patience bear a 

rival (in love)." 

Bixdtur de land caprlnd. — " He would quarrel about a goat's 
hair." A captious, litigious person. See Alter rioca- 
tur, &c. 

Moma, tibi siilnto motllus ibit amor. SiDON. Apolltnaeis. — 
" Rome, upon thee suddenly love with its commotions shall 
come." Inserted as a specimen of the Palindrome or 
Sotadic verse, a trifling composition, which reads the same 
from left to right, and from right to left. This line has 
also been attributed to Aldhelm. See another instance, 
Sacrum pingue, &c. 

BomcB Tibur amem, ventdsus, Tlbure JRomam. Hob. — "At 
Rome I Tibur love, wind-like, at Tibur Rome." The pic- 
ture of a man who does not know his own mind, but is 
always in an unsettled state. 

Bore viocit more cicddce. Prov. — " He lived upon dew, like 
a grasshopper." Said ironically of luxurious persons, who 
pretend to be very abstemious. 

. Budis indigestdque moles. OviD. — " A rude and undi- 
gested mass." A description of Chaos ; but often quoted 
as meaning a mass of confusion. 

Bumor est sermo quidam sine ullo certo auctore dispersus, cut 
maligmtas initium dedit, incrementum credulUas. Quint. 
— "Rumour is, as it were, a report spread without any 



RUM—SAC, 



403 



crelSt;^^^^ ^^^^*'^" '^ ^'''^^'y> -d nourished by 
J^umpXty^innumeris arbos uberrima pomis, 
urn?'' ''''^''^ prcBcipitantur opes. 

Suramihi et r1gui pUceant in valllbus amnes. 

Jflummaamem sylvasque inglorius Vina 

—-Bursum d retentnm in gratiam est, 

as Z^7£t,:::^^ -onciled,Va.e twice as loving 
Bus tn urbe. Mart.—" Country in fnwn '» a -j 

vantages of the country. A Oit's " box " 

Lab,tur et hbetur tn omne voimUs <evum. Hob 

hut Ini^r',"^ '"'''*' ""*" *•>« river shall cease to flow 
come" I* gl'deson and will glide on for all time To 

natoe ' " "^ '° '''^''' ^ '"^^Se in the kws of 



S. 
f P n' ^'"^ P'-o^'^—" Without issue." 

Roman stanSLd J„\Tc WDdtT '""''' ^^^"^ ^'^^ 

^.f-T* t"*",'/"" '""'^'^ sacriffcdbo.-"! will rive a 
fat sacrifice, I will not make a lean ofierinff " The line 

^It^k^ds'^irntief ^- *°. /bel Jit: 

2 D 2 



404 



S^P. 



Scepe hihi succos, quamvis invltus, amdros 

u^ger ; et oranti mensa negdta viihi. Ovid. 
— " Often when ill have I, though reluctantly, had to 
drink bitter potions ; and, though I begged for it, food 
was refused me." 

Scepe ego, ne bWerem, volui dormire videri ; 

Dum vldeor, somno lumtna victa dedi. OviD. 
— " Often, that I might not drink, I have wished to ap- 
pear asleep ; while I have seemed to be so, I have surren- 
dered my overpowered eyes to slumber." 

Scepe est sub pallio sord^do sapientia. Cic. — " Wisdom is 
often found under a mean cloak." 

S(spe etiam est olitor valde opportuna locutus. JProv. — " Even 
a costermonger very often speaks to the purpose." 

S(spe eanguus mus 

Sub terris posuitque domos ei Jiorrea fecit. YiRG. 
— "The little mouse often constructs its abode and its 
granary under ground." 
-Scepe illi dixerat Almo, 



Nata, tene linguam ; nee tamen ilia tenet. Ovid. 

— " Often had Almo said to her, ' Daughter, do hold your 

tongue;' but still she held it not." 
Scepe in conjugiis Jit noxia, cum nimia est dos. Atjson.— 

" Mischief is often the result in marriage, when the dowry 

is too large." 
Sa^pe in magistrum scelera redierunt sua. Sen. — " His own 

faults often recoil upon the author's head." 
Scepe ingenia calamitdte inter ddunt. Ph^d. — " Genius 

is often wasted through misfortune." 
Scepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem. — " Men often perish 

when meditating the destruction of others." The wicked 

often fall into the pit which they dig for others. 
Scepe premente Deo,fert Deus alter opem. — " Often when we 

are hard pressed by one deity, another comes to our aid." 

"When we think we are overwhelmed with misfortunes, 

unexpected relief often comes to our rescue. 
Scepe rogdre soles qtialis sim, Prisce,futurus, 

Sijlam lociipleSj simque repente potens. 

Quemqu^m posse putas mores narrdre futuros ? 

jbic mihi, sijias tu leo, qualis eris ? Maet. 

— " Priscus, you are wont often to ask me how I would 



s^p— s^y. 



405 



live, if I should become rich and be a ffreat man nil nf 

S(ppe solet smUis fllius esse pafri ; 
Et sequitur leviter filia matris iter. 

r" ^1^ T '^1 '''''^"•^ "^^^^ *« be like the sire ; and lic^htlv 
does the daughter follow in her mother's footsteps ''^ 

Scepe sonant moti glacie pendente capilli ; ^ 

Utmtet mducto candUa barba gelu. Ovid. 
-- J^ull oft do the hairs rattle with the pendent icicles 
a. they move, and the white beard sparkles wirth^W 
that has gathered upon it." ^ 

Scepe stylum vertas iterum qucB digna leqi sint 
^^cnpturus.- -> ^ 

—"You must often correct your lanmia^e if vou^mean fn 

iiwpc sub attrda latitat sapientia veste.—" Often dops wi^rlnm 
he concealed beneath a thread-bare garment" 

b<^e smma tngPnia in occulta latent. Plaut.-" The ereat 
est talents often ie concealed." " PuU maay a ge^ of 
purest ray serene," Ac. See Qray^s Elegy. ^ ^ 

Sape tacens vocem ^erhaque mltm habet Ovid _« TI,e 

ttTr o^ "■■" '"™ °'*''" ''°*'^ ^°'^' -^^ expression of 
%>« vid oilJqud pr^stat quam tend)<re rectd.—" The circuit 
ous road IS often better than the direct one." The same 4 

Zrfe"sS/bl?.' " ^'' "'"=-^* -^ ^''-^ ^^ °^- th: 
Scepius ventis agitdtur ingens 
Pinus, et celsce grdvidre casu 
BecUunt turres,f^riuntque summos 
Fulgura montes. "Kou 

r" ^^%^?J^I P?® '^ oftenest shaken by the winds hii?h 

W?/t^ V^' '^''^^''^ ^ heavier^crash, and light 
nmgs strike the summits of the mountains." The advan- 
tages of a middle station. auvan- 

^Z^lTV''''^'''T ^''"^^t^'onesJalUces amicUias, pernlciem 
innocenttum. Tacit.-" Cruel commands, continual dt 
nunciations, deceitful friendships, and the destruction of 



i 
rl 

I 



406 



S^y— SAL. 



n 



the innocent." A description of the state of Borne in the 
days of Tacitus. 

Scevi inter se conveniunt ursi. Jut.—" Even savage hears 

agree among themselves." The wild heasts agree with 
others of their own species ; man alone is perpetually at 
war with his fellow-men. 

Savit amor ferrij et scelerdta insdnia helli. Yibg. — " The 
love of arms rages, and the frenzied wickedness of war." 

S<Evitque dnhnis ignobUe vulgus ; 

Jamque faces et saxa volant ; furor arma ministrat. ViRG. 

" The rude rabble are enraged ; and now fire-brands 

and stones are seen to fly ; rag« supplies arms." A de- 
scription of a popular tumult. 

Sal Att^cum.—'' Attic salt." The poignancy of wit and 
brilliancy of style peculiar to the Athenian writers was 
so called by the Romans. 

Saltdbat melius quam necesse est proles. Sall. — " She danced 
better than became a modest woman." Among the Ro- 
mans it was only loose women that were expected to excel 
in this art. 

Saltat MiloniuSy ut semel icto 

Accessit fervor capiti, numerusque lucernis. HoR. 

— " Milonius begins to dance as soon as his head is heated 

with wine, and the lights begin to multiply." 

Salus populi suprema est lex. — " The well-being of the people 
is the first great law." Said to have been derived from the 
Laws of the Twelve Tables at Rome. Aristotle has a similar 
maxim. 

Salus uhi multi consilidrii. 'Coke. — "In the multitude of coun- 
sellors there is safety." See Proverbs xi. 14, and xxiv. 6. 

SaUti consulere et incolumitdti sucb. Cic. — " To study his 
health and his welfare." The legitimate object of a man's 
life, so long as he is observant of his duty to others. 

Salvd dignitdte. — " Without compromising his dignity." 

Salve, magna parens. YiBQ. — " All hail ! thou great 

parent!" 

Salve F(s6ni(B larg'itor nobHis undce. 
Salve Dardanii gloria magna soli : 
PubVtca morborum requies, commvne medentum 
Auxiliitm, prasens numeUy inempta Salus. Claud. 



SAL- SAP. 



407 



-- Hail ! thou noble bestower of the Paeonian wave • hail » 

thou great glory of the Dardanian soil; thou universal 

reliet Irom maladies, thou common aid of the healincr craft 

propitious deity— Health ! unbought by gold " "^ ' 

Salvo jure.-^^ Saving the right." A grant is made salvo 

jure regis, "saying the right of the king," his rights and 

prerogatives being preserved from encroachment. 

Salvo pudore.-^-^lo^^^ty saved." Without a violation of 

modesty. With proper regard to decency. 
Salvum facregem.^- God save the king ! " Salvam fac re- 

gmam.—'' God save the queen ! " 
Sanctiojustajubens honesta, etprohibens confrdria. Bracton 
-- A just decree enforcing what is honest, and forbidding 
the contrary." A characteristic of a good law. 
Sanctius his animal, mentisque capdcius altce, 
Bterat adhuc et quod domindri in ccetera possit • 

liatus homo est. Otid 

-f" But an animated being, more holy than these, more 
fatted to receive higher faculties, and one to rule over the 
rest, was still wanting. Then man was formed." Ovid's 
account of the creation of man. 
Sanctum sanctorum.--^'' The holy of holies." In the Eccle- 
siastical Law the chancel of a church is so called. Com- 
monly applied to a study or private room. 
Sand us haberi 

JusfiticBque tenax,factis dictisque mereris ? 

Agnosco procerem. * j^jy 

~" If you deserve to be accounted a man of blameless 
mtegrity and staunch in your love of justice, both in word 
and deed, then I recognise the real nobleman " 

—-Sd^reaude. Hor.-" Dare to be wise." Adhere to 
the dictates of wisdom, in spite of fear or temptation. 
Motto of the Earl of Macclesfield. 

Sdpereisthac ^tdte oportet, qui sunt cdpYte candUo. Plaut 

~"cr. . ^ . .^^ ^""^^ ^^^^^ are old enough to be wise "* 
Capias, mna liques, et spatio brevi 

Spem longam reseces. HoR. 

;-" Be wise, rack off your wines, and abridge your hones 
m proportion to the shortness of your life " 

Sapiens domindbitur astris.-^'^ The wise man will govern the 
stars. 



408 



SAP— SAT. 



Sapiens nihil facit invUus, nihil dolens, nihil coactus. Cic. 
— " A wise man does nothing against his will, nothing 
repiningly, or under compulsion." 

Sapiens quidem pol ipse Jin git fortunam sihi. Plaut. — " The 
wise man surely carves out his own destiny." 

Sapientem pascere harham. Hob. — " To nourish a wise 

beard." To affect wisdom, by wearing the beard of a 
philosopher. 

Sapienter vitam instituere. Tee. — " Wisely to regulate the 
conduct of one's life." 

Sapientia prima 

Stultitid caruisse. Hob. 

— " The first step towards wisdom is to be exempt from 
foUy." ^ 

Sapientissimum esse dicunt eum cut, quod opus sit, ipsi veniat 
in mentem. Cic. — " He is reckoned the wisest to whom 
that which is required at once suggests itself." The 
definition of a wise man, as being one possessed of a store 
of wisdom, so well arranged in his memory that he can 
make it useful upon any emergency. 

Sapientissmus inter sapientes. Cic. — "The wisest of the 
wise." Said of the philosopher Thales. 

Sdpientum octdvus. Hoe. — " An eighth wise man." One 
added to the number of the Seven Wise Men of Greece. 
Applied ironically to a person who affects to be remark- 
ably wise, or, as we say, " a second Solomon." 

Sardonius risus. — " A Sardonic grin." A certain herb whicb 
grew in Sardinia by the extreme acridity of its taste was 
said to distort the features of those who ate of it. 

Sat cito, si sat bene. Frov. — " Quick enough, if weU enough." 
Attributed by St. Jerome to Cato; but at present the 
words Si sat bene are alone to be found in his works. 

Sat cito, si sat tuto. — "Quick enough, if safe enough." 
This motto was a favourite maxim with the great Lord 
Eldon, who was struck with it in his school days, and 
made it his future rule of life. See Twiss's Life of Lord 
Eldon, vol. i. p. 49. 

Sat pulchra, si sat bona. Prov. — " Fair enough, if good 
enough." "Handsome is who handsome does." 

Satis eloquentia, sapientiw parum. Sall. — " Eloquence 
enough, but little wisdom." 



SAT—SCE. 



409 



Satis quod suftcit.- " What suffices is enou-h " - Fnnn.l 
- as good as a feast." See Lo.,s /ZA Los^Z^l 

Satis superque,-.^^ Enough, and more than enough " An ex 
pression used by Pliny, and not uncommon in other authors" 

i^atis superque me benigmtas tua *iutnors. 

Ditdvit, jjqjj 

^onlr'' ^^^''''i^ has enriched me enough, and more than 
enough. Said by the poet of his patron M^cenas 
Sat^us est ^n^tiis rnedPri quam fni.-Jl, is betfer Tcure at 
the beginnmg than at the end." See PHnciviis obsta Xo 

tffipTf f L~ \ II ^^^l^\ ^^^^ *^ P^^fit the bad for 
the sake of the good, than to injure the good for the bad " 

mer'h^?>'^ ^'T' *^^* ^* i« b-t^-r that ten gu^uy 
men^should escape, than that one innocent man sCd 

Satins est rectm-ere, quam currere male. Fr(yo.~- It is bet 
ter to run back than to run the wrong w^ " When u^ 
are m a wrong course it is best to rlraTe our sip's at 

^^uciusejurat pugnam gladiator, et idem 

Immemor antiqui vulnh^is arma capit. Ovid 

WfulTht^^ ^^'^^"*"' ^T^'^^ ^^1 fig^*i^^' ^d yet 
lorgetlu of his former wound he takes up arms " 

Sa^um volutum non obducctur musco. Prof-" A rolliu^ 
stone gathers no moss " rolling 

'^'Sr^''^r''^'''-^"''^*'..^?^-''The contagious itch for 

of gold. ^'^''''' ^^^ ^^'^ ^ ^^^^^ ^^ll^^ts his heaps 

Scandalum magndtum. Law Lat —'' ky^ c^Wc^^ • j. 

A statute to pun.sh this offence has remainedon o^ 
statute-book smce the time of Richard II. 

^it:::i7t;z:i:':'r- ^---o- -- ^ to be 

— —Scelus estjuguUre Falernum, 

^tdare Campano toxica ,a;va mero. JIaet. 

7.} '/»* """^ *° '''" Falemian wine (by mixing) and 

Ja^Z" ^°"'' ^''''^ "^^'^^^""^^ P°i«°'»^ P«re Cam- 



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SCE— SCI. 



— Scelus infra se tncitttm qui cogitat ullum 

Facti crimen habet. JuT. 

— " He who silently meditates the perpetration of a crime, 
incurs the guilt of the deed." It is the intention that 
constitutes the crime. 
-Scena sine arte fuit, Ovid.—" The stage was devoid 



of art." 

Scientia popincs. Sek. — "The knowledge of cook-shop- 
keeping." The art of cookery. 

Scienticd non vises ut thesauri absconditi nulla est ufiTitas. — 
" Knowledge not seen, like bidden treasure, is utterly use- 
less." See Be non apparentihus^ &c., Paulum^ &c., and 
Scire tuum, <fcc. 

Scilicet a speculi sumuntur imagine fastus. Ovid. — " Pride, 
forsooth, is caught from the reflection in the mirror." 

Scilicet expectes, ut tradet mater honestos 

Atque alios mores, quam quos habet ? JuT. 

— " Can you expect, forsooth, that the mother will inculcate 
virtuous principles, or other than she possesses herself?" 

Scilicet ingeniis allqua est concordia junctis, 

Et servat studiifoedera quisque sui. Ovid. 

— " In truth there is a certain alliance between kindred 
minds, and each one cherishes the ties of his own pur- 
suit." This feeling makes good the proverb, "Birds of a 
feather," &c. 

Scilicet utfulvum spectetur in ignihus aurum^ 

Tempore sic duro est inspiciendajides. OviD. 

— " As the yellow gold is assayed in the fire, so is the faith 

(of friendship) to be tested in moments of adversity." 

Scindentur vestes, gemmae frangentur et aurum ; 

Carmlna quam tribuent,fama perennis erit. Ovid. 

— " Garments will rend, gems and gold will spoil ; the 

fame which poesy confers is everlasting." 

Scindltur incertum studia in contrdria vulgus. ViRG. — " The 
wavering multitude is divided into opposite opinions." 

Scioj coactus tud voluntdte es. Ter. — " I know, you are led 
by your own will." You plead necessity when you are 
governed solely by your own inclination. 

Scio quid vnleant hUmeri et quid ferre recusent. — " I know 
what shoulders can bear, and what they will refuse to bear." 
Adapted from Horace, Ars Poet. 39, 40. 



SCI-SCE. 



411 



Scire facias. Law Term.^'^ You are to let know " The 

name given to a judicial writ, usuaUy issued to call on a 

person to show cause to the court why execution of a 

judgment passed should not issue. 

Scire potestdtes herbdrum usumque medendi. Yieg — " To 

know the virtues of herbs, and their use in healinc^'" 
^ciretuum nihil est, nisi te scire hoc sciat alter. Pers - 
Your knowledge is nothing, unless others know that you 
possess It." See Quis enim, &c. ^ 

Scire ubi allquidinvPnlre possis, ea demum maxima pars eru- 
ditioms est.-^^ To know where you can find a thW is iu 
fact the greatest part of learning." ^' 

Scire volunt omnes, mercedem solvere nemo. Juv-^"A11 
would like to know, but few choose to pay the'price." 
Most would like to possess knowledge, but few like to 
incur the expense and trouble of learning. 
Scire volunt secreta dornHs, atque inde timeri. Juv — « Thev 
wish to know the family secrets, and thence to be feared " 
baid in reference to persons at Eome, who got introduced 
mto families as slaves and having gained possession of the 
tamily secrets, extorted money under threat of denunciation. 
i^cis etemmjustum gemma suspendere lance 

Anclpitis librce. Pers 

— " Tor you know well how to weigh the justice of the 
case m the double scale of the poised balance." 
^cit genius, natdle comes qui temperet astrum. HoR — « The 
genius, our companion from our birth, who regulates the 
planet of our nativity, knows best"— how to account for 
our various dispositions and propensities. 
Scit uti foro.-.- He knows how to take advantage of the 
when to self """^ ^'^ "'''^^ ^'' bargains, when to buy and 

Scopulis surdior Icari 

Voces audit. Hor. 

^c'kf " ""^^^^^^ ^'^ injunctions more deaf than the Icarian 

Scribendi recte, sapere est et principium et fons. Hor.- 
Wisdom is the guiding principle and main source of all 
good writing." 

Scribentem juvat ipse favor, mmuitque laborem ; 

Ltmgue sua crescens pectore fervet opus. Ovid. 



410 



SCE— SCI. 



— Scelus infra se taciturn qui cogitat ullum 

Facti crimen habet. Juv. 

— " He who silently meditates the perpetration of a crime, 
incurs the guilt of the deed." It is the intention that 
constitutes the crime. 
-Scena sine arte fuit. Ovid. — " The stage was devoid 



of art." 

Scienfia popince. Sen. — "The knowledge of cook-shop- 
keeping." The art of cookery. 

Scientia non vises ut thesauri ahsconditi nulla est utlTttas. — 
" Elnowledge not seen, like bidden treasure, is utterly use- 
less." See Be non ajpj^arentibus^ &c., JPaulum, &c., and 
Scire tuvm, &c. 

SclUcet a speciili sumuntur imagine fastus. Ovin. — " Pride, 
forsooth, is caught from the reflection in the mirror." 

Scilicet ejcpectes, ut tradet mater honestos 

Atque alios mores, quam quos hahet ? JuT. 

— " Can you expect, forsooth, that the mother will inculcate 
virtuous principles, or other than she possesses herself?" 

Scilicet ingmiis allqua est concordia junctiSy 

Et servat studii foedera quisque sui. OviD. 

— " In truth there is a certain alliance between kindred 
minds, and each one cherishes the ties of his own pur- 
suit." This feeling makes good the proverb, "Birds of a 
feather," &c. 

Scilicet utfulvum spectetur in ignlhus aurum, 

Tempore sic duro est inspicienda Jides. Ovid. 

— " As the yellow gold is assayed in the fire, so is the faith 

(of friendship) to be tested in moments of adversity." 

Scindentur vestes, gemmae frangentur et aurum; 

Carmlna quam trihuent^fama perennis erit. Ovid. 

— " Garments will rend, gems and gold will spoil ; the 

fame which poesy confers is everlasting." 

Scindltur incertum stadia in contrdria vulgus. ViEO. — " The 
wavering multitude is divided into opposite opinions." 

Scio, coactus tud voluntdte es. Ter. — " I know, you are led 
by your own will." You plead necessity when you are 
governed solely by your own inclination. 

Scio quid vdleant hUmeri et quid ferre recilsent. — " I know 
what shoulders can bear, and what they will refuse to bear." 
Adapted from Horace, Ars Foet, 39, 40. 



SCI— SCR. 



411 



Scwe facias. Law Term.^^^ You are to let know " The 
name given to a judicial writ, usually issued to caU on a 
person to show cause to the court why execution of a 
judgment passed should not issue. 

Scire potestdtes herhdrum usumque medendi. Yma — <^ Tn 
know the virtues of herbs, and their use in healing*." 

Scire tuum nihil est, nisi te scire hoc sciat alter. Pees - 

DoIsTss -f """^ ^^^'n "^""^^'^^^ f""^^'' ^*^^^« ^^^ ti^at you 
possess it. See Qms emm, &c. ^ 

ditionis est,-" To know where you can find a thW i/L 
fact the greatest part of learning." ^' 

Scire volunt omnes, mercedem solvere nemo, Juv-."A11 
would like to know, but few choose to pay the'price " 
Most would like to possess knowledge, but few fike to 
incur the expense and trouble of learning 

Scire volunt secreta domUs, atque inde timeri, Juv — « Thev 
wish to know the family secrets, and thence to be feared " 
Said in reference to persons at Eome, who got introduced 

t^tT^'V' tT:.'"^ ^^^^"^ ^^^'^ possession of he 
family secret^, extorted money under threat of denunciation 
Scis etenimjustum gemma suspendere lance 

Andpltis librcB. V^Jis 

'zl3''\r^ ^^°'^ '^f- ^^^^ *^ ^^^^^ t^^ justice of the 

case in the double scale of the poised balance." 
i^cit genius, natale comes qui temperet astrum. Hoe — « The 

planet of our nativity, knows best "-how to account for 
our various dispositions and propensities. 
Scit utiforo,---"Re knows how to take advantage of the 

Xnt self '" '^ "^'^ '^^ '^^S^^^> -^- ^- buy and 

ScopUlis surdior Icdri 

Voces audit. Hoe. 

^c'kf " '^^''^'''^^ ^'' injunctions more deaf than the Icarian 

^Twl1/''.'\.*'^^^"^,.^^^ '^ Principium et fons, Hoe.~ 
goTd Sng." ^ ^^ ^"'''^P^' "^^ ^"^ '^^^^ ^^ ^^ 

Scribentem juvat ipse favor, mmuitque lahorem ; 

Lumque sua crescens pectore fervet opus, Ovid. 



412 



SCE— SED. 



— " Enthusiasm itself aids the writer and diminishes his 

toil ; and, as the work grows, it warms with his feelings." 
ScrlbtmuSy et scriptos absumhnm igne libellos; 

JExUus est studii parca fatilla met. OyiD. 

— " I write, and I burn my books when written : a few 

ashes are the result of all my labours." 
Scrlbmus indocti doctlque. HoR. — "Unlearned and 

learned, we all of us write." Descriptive of the Cacoethe^ 

scribendi. 
Scripta ferunt annos ; scrnptis Agamemnona nosti, 

Et quisquie contra^ vel simul arma tulit. Ovid. 

— " Writings survive the lapse of years; through writings 

you know of Agamemnon, and who bore arms against or 

who with him." 
Scriptorum chorus omnis amat nemtts etfugit urhes; 

Rite cliens Bacchi somno gaudentis et umbra. HoE. 

— " I'he whole band of poets loves the groves and shuns 

cities ; genuine votaries of Bacchus, delighting in repose 

and the shade." 
Secreta h<sc murmura vulgi. Jtjv.— " These sullen mur- 

murings of the populace." 
Secrete amicos admone, lauda palam. Syb.— " Advise your 

friends in private, praise them openly." 
Secundce cogitatidnes meliores. — " Second thoughts are best." 
Secundas fortunas decent superbia. Plaut.— " High airs 

befit prosperous fortunes." 
Secundo amne defltnt.—'' He floats with the stream." 
Secundum art em. — " According to the rules of art." 
Secundum genera. — "According to classes." 
Secundum usum. — "According to usage," or "to the use 

of." 

Secura quies, et nescia fallere vita. Vibg.— " Repose 

unfraught with care, a life that knows no guile." 

Sed de hoc tu videbis. De me possum dlcere idem quod Flan- 
tinus pater in Trinummo, *mihi quidem cetas actaferme est.'' 
— " But as for that matter, it is your concern. For my 
own part, I may say with the father in the Trinummus of 
Plautus, *my life is nearly at an end.*" The words of 
Cicero in his Second Epistle to Brutus. 

Sed exsequdmur coeptum propositi ordinem. Ph^d. — " But 
let us pursue our purpose in the order we proposed." 



I 



SED. 



413 



Sed fugit interea, fugit irrepardblle tempus, Tirg — « But 
meanwhile time flies, never to be regained." " Time and 
tide wait for no man." 

Sed justituB primum munus est, ut ne cut quis noceat nisi 
l^essitus tnjurta Cic.-" But it is the first rule of jus- 
tice that you oflend no one, unless provoked thereto by 
an act of injustice." Unless you are acting in defence 
of your legal rights. ^ ^cxcuce 

Sed nil dulcius est, bene quam munita tenere 
Edita doctrind sdpientum iempla seretid • 
BespMre unde queas alios, passimque videre 
J^^cire atqueviam palanteis qucerere vitce. Lfce. 
-- J^ut nothing is there more delightful than to occudv 
the elevated temples of tlie wise, well fortified by tr3 
learning; whence you may be able to look down upon 
others, and see them straying in every direction, and wan- 
dermg in search of the path of life." 
^ednisi peccassem, quid tu concedere posses ? 

Materiam veni<s sors tibi nostra dedit. Ovid 

^!l^n P ^iv^^/f ""f^' ^^^^ ^^^ *^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ thee to 
Crcy '' ^ ^'^^"^ *^^ *^^ opportunity for 

-—^^^^7, ego credrdu^ illis. Virg.~" But I do not be- 
heve them." I do not give credit to all their flattery. 

i^icanotat hunc omnis domus et viclnia tota 

Introrsumturpem, specibsum pelle decord. Hob. 
— ±5ut aU his family and the entire neighbourhood look 
ext?rin'."^ as m^^aiy base, though of a specious, sho.vy 
exterior. Description of a hypocrite. ^ 

^edplures nimid congesta pecunia curd 

Strangulat j^^ 

mJnfs m^; •> ^ '^'"'^^ "^ ^'''"^ overwhelming care tor- 

gwculu, es cogmtm. Cic— " But prove yourself to be the 
same person that I have known Vu I be, 'from your 

— —Sed quce prcpcldra et prosp^ra tanti, 

1 **J^«* l(^tis par sit mensura malorum ? Jfy. 
—" But what brilliant or prosperous fortune *is of suffi- 



i: 



414 



SEI)-SEM. 



cient worth that your measure of evils should equal your 
success ? " 

Sed satis est ordre Jovem, quce donat et aufert ; 

Bet vitam, det opes, cequum mi dnimum ipse pardho. HoR. 
— " But it is sufficient to pray to Jove for those things 
which he gives and takes away at pleasure ; let him grant 
life, let him grant wealth ; I myself will provide a well- 
regulated mind." « -d ^ t -ii 

Sed summa sequar fasti gia rerum. Yibg. — " But 1 will 

trace the principal heads of events." I will relate the 



Ovid.— "But still 



most prominent parts of the subject. 
Sed tdclti fecere tamen convlcia vultus. 
her silent features censured me." 

Sed te decor isfe, quod optas 

Esse vetat, votoque tuo tua forma repugnat. OviD. 

« But that very beauty forbids thee to be what thou 

wishest, and the charms of thy person are an impediment 
to thy desires." 

Sed tu 

Ingenio verbis conclpe plura meis. OyiD. 
" But do you conceive in imagination more than is ex- 
pressed in my words." 

Segnem ac desUem, et Circo et tJiedtris corrupfum mWttem, 
Tactt. — " A soldiery slothful and indolent, debauched by 
the Circus and the theatres." Enervated by the dissipa- 
tions of the metropolis. 

Segnius hommes bona quam mala sen/iwn^.—" Men have a 
slower perception of benefits than of injuries." 

Segnius irritant animos demissa per aurem, 

Quam qum sunt oculis subjecta fidelibus. HoB. 

" Facts of which we have information merely through 

the ear, make less impression upon the mind than those 
which have been presented to the more trustworthy eye." 

Semel abbas semper abbas.-^" Once an abbot, always an ab- 
bot." A mediaeval expression. 

Semel in anno licet insanlre.—" We may play the fool once a 

year." 
Semel insanwimus omnes. Mant.— " We have all been mad 
at some time." Pew men do not feel, that at some mo- 
ments of their lives they have been uninfluenced by reason. 
See Id communCf &c. 



- 



SEM— SEN. 



415 



Semel malus semper prcesumitur esse mains. Law Max — « A 
man once bad is always to be presumed bad." The Dre 
sumptions will be against a man of known bad character " 
oemita certe 

3^anquills per virtutem patet unYca vita. JcT 

-^Ihe only sure path to a tranquil life ia through 

Semper avdrus eget ; certum voto pete finem. Hob — « Thp 

your de.""' '' '''' '"^ ''''°'= P'"^^"'''^ " fi^^<l""">i* to 
-Semper lonus lomo tiro est. Maet.— "A berinner i<. 

always a good man." To the same effect as our^royerb 

A new broom sweeps clean." provero, 

Semp^ eausa eventorum magis movent, quam ipsa eventa.- 

Jr^lA "^T ^^^"^ P'°'^"'"' S'"'^''* ^^«''^t« "e always re- 
garded with more interest than the events themselves " 
Se«wer habet lites alternSque jurgia leetus ^"''^^^^«- 

<?mu "7'?>''«^- mtnlmum dormUur in illo. Jut 
— Ibe bed m which a wife lies has always its disputes 
and wranghngs ; there is little chance of sleep therL " A 

cSd or.rs."''^"-'^' ^ '^'''^'''^ *° ''"'■* - 

Semper honos, nomenque tuum, laudesque manebunt. Vieo 
eTerSng°'°"' *'^ ''"°^"' ^"^ ^^^ "^^^'^^ ^"^ ^'- 

Semper idem.-" Always the same "-applied to the mas- 
culine gender. Semper eadem, to ihe&mn^ 

bumper mops quicunque eupit. Claud.—" He is always 

poor^ho IS for ever wishing for more." See Semper aZ 

——Semper nocuit djferre pardtis. Lucas.- " It has ever 
been prejudicial for those who are prepared to admit of 

Semper pardfus.—." AlM^aja ready." 

Semper tibi pendeat hamus ; 

Quommme credos gurglte, piscis erit. Ovid 

iT^If ft-^w^ I'r^ be always ready; in waters where you 
least think it there will be a fish " ^ 

usque ad ultimvm tempus senectutis. Cic— " Old age does 



416 



SEN— SEP. 



not hinder us from continuing our studies, even to the 

latest period of our existence." 
Senem juvenilis pigra mendicum creat. Prov. — " Youth passed 

in idleness produces an old age of beggary." 
Senilis stultitia, qua delirdtio appelldri soletj senum levium 

est, non omnium. Cic. — " That foolishness, which in old 

men is termed dotage, is not common to all who are old, 

but to those Avho are of a frivolous disposition." 
Seniores priores. — "The older ones first." "Little boys 

last," as they say at school. 
Seniorihus gravis est inveterdti moris mutdtio. Quintus 

CuBT. — " A change of confirmed habits is severely felt by 

aged persons." 
Sensim labefacta cadelat 

JteUgio. Claudian. 

— " By degrees religion was undermined and fell." 
'Sensit poenamque peti, vPniamque timeri ; 



VivCy licet nolis, et nostro munere^ dixit, 

Cerne diem. Ltjcan. 

— " He perceived that punishment was courted, and par- 
don dreaded. ' Live on,' said he, ' although thou art 
unwilling, and, by my bounty, behold the light of 
day.' " 
■Sententia prima 



Sujus erit : post hanc cetdfe atque arte minores 
Censi'hunt : tanquam fames discr'imen agdtur, 
Aut HnimcB : tanta est qucerendi cura decoris. Juv. 
— " Her opinion will be asked first. Then those who are 
her inferiors in years and skill will give their votes, as 
though their mistress's good name or life were at stake. 
So great is the anxiety for gaining beauty." A consulta- 
tion of lady's-maids upon their mistress's toilet. 

Sentio te sedem homlnum ac domum contempldri ; quae si iihi 
parva (ut est) if a videtur, Tubc coelestia semper spectdto ; ilia 
humdna contemmto. Cic. — " I perceive that you contem- 
plate the seat and the habitation of man ; now, if it ap- 
pears as little to you as it really is, you should fix your 
eyes steadily upon heavenly objects, and despise those of 
this world." 

Septem convivium, novem convicium. — " Seven 's a banquet. 



SEP— SEE. 
brawl." A favourite dinner 



417 



maxim of the 



nine s a 
ancients. 

Septem horas dormisse sat est juvenique, senique.—" Seven 
hours of sleep is enough for old or young." A medieval 
aphorism probably. 
Septennis quum sit, nondum ed/dit dentes. JProv.—" Though 
he is seven years of age, he has not yet cut his teeth " 
feaid ironically of men who devote themselves to frivolous 
or childish pursuits. 

SepulcJiri 

Mitte supervacuos honores. Hon. 

--*' Dispense with the superfluous honours of the tomb '* 
Abstain from all vain parade and show 
Sequentemfugit,fugientem seqmtur,—^^ It flies from him who 
pursues it, it pursues him who flies." Said of dorv. See 
i^uod sequitur, &c. 
Sequestrdri facias. Law Lat,—'' Cause to be sequestrated " 

An order for sequestration. 
Sequitur superhos ultor a tergo JDeus. Sen.—" An avenffinff 

Crod toUows close at the back of the proud " 
Sequitur ver Jiyhnem. Proi;.— " Spring foUows winter." Bad 

tortune will not last for ever. 
-—Spquiturque patrem non passihus cequis. Yirg — « And 
he follows his father, not with equal steps." These words 
may be applied to a son who fails to equal the talent dis- 
played by his father. 
Sera in f undo parsimonia. Sen.-" Economy is too late at 
the bottom of the purse." " Too late when aU is spent " 
^era nunquam est ad honos mores via. Sen.—" The wav to 

good manners is never too late." 
Seria cum possim, quod delectantia malim 

Scrlh^re, tu causa es, lector. Mart. 

--" That I prefer to write of lighter subjects, when I am 
able to treat of serious ones, thou, reader, art the cause." 
Address of an author whose only object is to consult the 
taste 01 his readers. 
SeHdtim.^- In order." According to rank or priority. 
Series implexa causdrum. Sen.—" The complicated chain of 
causes. Fate. 

^eritarUresqu^in altera scEculaprosint. An adaptation from 
STATius.-"He plants trees for the benefit of a future 
age. 

2 B 



ill 



418 



SEE. 



Serius aut citius sedem properdmtcs ad unam. Oyid. — 

"Sooner or later we all hasten to one place." All are 

bom to die. 

Sermo datur cunctis, dmmi sapientia paucis. — ** Language is 
given to all, wisdom to few." 

Sermone huic ohsunas. Plaut.— " By your talking you 
drown his voice." 

,Sero clypeum post vulnera sumo. OviD. — " Wounded, 

too late 1 take my shield." 

Sero recusat ferre quod suhiit ju^um. Sen. — " Too late he 
refuses to bear the yoke to which he has submitted." 

Serb respicitur telltts^ uhifune soluto^ 

Currit in immensum panda carina salum. Ovid. 
— " Too late we look back upon the land when the moor- 
ings are loosed, and the curved keel runs out into the 
boundless deep." 

Sero sapiunt Fhryges. Prov. — "The Trojans become wise 
too late." When their city was on the point of being 
taken, they began to think of restoring Helen. 

Sero venientUus ossa. — " The bones for those who come 
late." The share left for those who come late to din- 
ner. 

Seipens ni edat serpentem, draco non jiet. Prov. — " A ser- 
pent, unless he devours a serpent, will not become a 
dragon." This adage implies that kings only become 
great by the destruction of neighbouring potentates. 

Serpens^ sitis^ ardor, arencB 

Dulcia virtuti. LuCAN. 

— " Serpents, thirst, heat, sands, are all sweet to heroic val- 
our." The speech of Cato to his troops when about to 
cross the deserts of Libya. 

Serum est cavendi tempus in mPdiis malls. Sen. — " It is too 
late to be on our guard when we are in the midst of mis- 
fortunes." 

Serus in coelum redeas, diuque 

Lceius inter sis popiilo. HoR. 

— " May it be long before you return to heaven, and may 
you long live happily among your people ! " A flattering 
compliment addressed to Augustus ; and since paid to 
other potentates. 
Servdre cives, major est virtus patrice patri. Sen. — " To pre- 



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serve his fellow-citizens is the greatest of virtues in the 
father of his country." 
Servdre leges patric^jpulchrum ac honum. — " To observe the 

laws of our country is honourable and good." 
Servdtd semper lege et ratibne loquendi. Juy. — "Always 
observing the rules and principles of grammar." 

Servetur ad imum 

Qualis ah incepto processerit, et sihi constet. HoR. 
— " Let [the character] be maintained to the very last, just 
as it begins, and so be consistent with itself." 
Servientes servitute ego servos introduxi mihi, 

Non qui mihi imperdrent. Platjt. 

— " I have brought servants into my house to serve, not 
to command, me." 
Serviet (Bternum, quia parvo nesciet uti. Hob. — " He will 
be always a slave, because he knows not how to enjoy a 
little." A slave to his own boundless and ungratiiied 
desires. 

Seu cdUdus sanguis seu rerum inscUia vexat. Hoe. " Whe- 
ther it is the heat of your blood, or your ignorance of the 
world, that influences you." 

Seu quis Olgmpidcce mirdtus prcemia palmcs 

Pascit equos^ seu quis fortes ad ardtra juvencos ; 

Corpora prcedpue matrum legat. ViRO. 

--" Whether any one, aspiring to the praises of the Olym- 
pic palm, breeds horses, or sturdy bullocks for the plough, 
let him choose, with especial care, the dams for their 
shape." The qualities of the sire are most regarded at 
the present day. 

Seu recredre volet tenudtum corpus ; ublve 
Accedent anni, et tractdri mollius cetas 

Imhecilla volet. Hob. 

— " Or if he shall desire to refresh his emaciated body ; or 
if, when years approach, his feeble old age shall require to 
be treated more tenderly." Words quoted by Lord Mon- 
boddo, shortly before his death. 

Sex horas somno, totidem des Uglhu^ cequis ; 
Qudtuor ordbis, des epulisque duas. 
Quod superest ultra, sacris largire Camoenis. Coke. 
— " Give six hours to sleep, as many to the study of iusfc 

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laws. Pray four hours, and give two to refreshment. All 
that remains, bestow upon the sacred Muses." 

Sexu foemina, ingmio vir.—'' In sex a woman, in genius a 
man." Epitaph of Maria Theresa of Austria. 

Si ad honestdtem nati svmus, ea aut sola expetenda est, aut 
certe omni pondtre gravior est habenda quam rellqua omnia. 
Cic. — " If we are born for the practice of virtue, it ought 
either to be our only object, or at least deemed of far 
more weighty importance than anything else." 

Si ad naturam vivas, nunquatn cris pauper ; si ad opinionem, 
nunquam dives. Sen. — " If you live according to what 
nature requires, you will never be poor ; if according to 
the notions of men, you never will be rich." 

Si ad paupertdtem adm'i grant infdmiae, 

Gravior paupertas fit, fides suhlestior. Plaxjt. 

— " If disgrace is added to poverty, poverty will be more 

unendurable, character more frail." 

Si antiquitdtem species, est vetustissma ; si dignitatem, est 
honoratissima ; si jurisdiction em, est capacisslma. Coke. — 
" If you consider its antiquity, it is most ancient ; if its 
dignity, it is most honourable ; if its jurisdiction, it is 
most extensive." A description by Coke of the English 

House of Commons. 

Si bene commPniini, causes sunt quinque bibendi ; 
Ilospltis adventus, prcesens sit is, atque futiira, 
Aut vini bonitas, aut qticelibet altPra causa. 
— " If I remember right, there are five excuses for drink- 
ing : the visit of a friend, thirst existing, thirst to come, 
the goodness of the wine, or any other excuse you please." 
These lines have been translated by Dean Aldrich, a good 
scholar and musician, and a lover of his pipe and good- 
fellowship. Attributed by Menage (i. 172) to Pere Sir- 
mond. 

Si cadPre necesse est, occurrendum discrlmmi. Tacit. — " If 
we must fall, let us boldly face the danger." Misfortune 
ought to be met with energy. 

Si caput dolet omnia membra languent. Aphorism. — " If the 
head aches, all the members of the body are languid." 
In the body politic, incompetence in the ruler entails 
disorder among those below him. 

Si claudo cohdbUes, subclaudicdre disces. — " If you live with 



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him who is lame, you will learn to limp." The result of 
evil associations. A mediaeval proverb. 

/SV cui vis apte nilbere, nube pari. Oyid.— " If you wish to 
marry suitably, marry your equal." The poet alludes to 
equality of years ; he might, with equal justice, have al- 
luded to equality of condition. 

Si cum hdc exceptibne detur sapientia, ut illam inclusam 
teneam nee enunciem, rejiciam. Sen.—" If wisdom were 
ottered me on condition that I should keep it bottled up 
1 would not accept it." See Quis enim, &c., and Scire 
tuum, &c. 

Si Deusnobiscum, quis contra nos ?—'' If God is with us, who 
shall be against us?" 

Si dicentis erunt fortunis absona dicta, 

Bomdni tollent eqwfes pUltesque cachinnum. Hoe. 
--"If the words of the speaker are at variance with his 
tortunes, both Eoman knights and plebeians will laueh at 
your expense." ^ 

Si dixeris, JEstuo, sudat. Juv.— " If you say ' I am 

warm,' he sweats." Applied to one of those truckling 
hangers-on who are always of the same opinion with their 
patrons. See Grceculus esuriens, &c. 

• Si dum vivas 

Tibi bene facias, jam, pol, idquidemesse laud perhnginquum, 
JSeque si hoc hodie amlseris, post in morte id eventurum esse 

unquam. Yi.k^'i 

—"If while you live you enjoy yourself, why, .really, that 
18 tor no very long time : so too, if you lose the present 
day, it can never return to you after you are dead." 

Si est animus cpquus tibi, satis habes, qui bene vitam colas. 
PLAUT.--«Ifyou have a well-regulated mind, you are 
possessed of abundance, in leading a good life " 

Si ex re sit poprdi Momdni, feri.—^' If it be for the good of 
the Roman people, strike the blow." The dying words of 
the Emperor Galba, as given by Tacitus and Suetonius, 
and quoted by Lord Bacon. 

Si fbret in terris, ridPret Bemocrltu^. HoE.— " If De- 

inocritus were on earth, he would laugh." Democritus 
aughed at the follies of mankind ; hence he was called. 
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Si foret in terns, rideret Heracl'dus. — " If Heraclitus were 
on earth, even he would laugh." This philosopher was 
continually weeping for the follies of mankind. A pro- 
verb, adapted from the preceding line. 

Si fortuna juvaty caveto tolli ; 

Sifortuna tonat, caveto mergi. AusoN. 
— " If fortune favours you, be not elated ; if fortune thun- 
ders, do not sink." In all circumstances preserve equan- 
imity. 

Si fr act us illdhdtur orhis, 

Impdvidum prient ruiiKp. Hoe. 

— " If the world's wreck should fall about him, the ruins 
would crush him unconcerned." Said of the man consci- 
ous of his integrity. 

Si fuit errandum, causas Tiabet error honestas, Ovid. " If 

I was to err, my error has a fair excuse." 

Si genus humdnum, et mortdlia temnltis arma ; 

At sperdte Deos memores fandi at que nefandi. Yieg. 

— " If you despise the human race and mortal arms, still 

expect that the gods will be mindful of right and wrong." 

Si in hoc erro quod ammos Jiommum immortnles esse credam, 
lilenter erro ; nee mihi hunc errorem quo detector dum vivo 
extorqueri volo. Cic— " If in this I err, that I believe the 
souls of men to be immortal, I err willingly ; nor do I 
wish this error, in which I take a delight, to be wrested 
from me whilst I live." 

Si incolcB bene sunt mordti, pulchre munltum arlltror. Platjt. 
— " If the inhabitants of a city have good morals, I con- 
sider it well fortified." 

Si jud:icas, cognosce; si regnas, juhe. Sen. — "If you are a 
judge, investigate; if you are a ruler, command." The 
difference between judicial and ministerial duties. In the 
one you must be governed by evidence ; in the other, by 
your own perception of right and wrong. 

Si juxta claudum hahUes, suhclaudicnre disces. Prov. — " If 
you live near a lame man, you will learn to limp." See 
Claudicantis, &c., and Si claudo, &c. 

Si laus hommem alltcere ad recte faciendum non potest, ne 

metu-s quidem a foediss7mis factis potest avocdre. Cic. 

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the fear of punishment can never restrain him from the 
basest of actions." 

Si leonina pellis non satis est, assuenda vulpJna, Prov. — " If 
the lion's skin will not do, we must sew on that of the 
fox." What cannot be effected by force may be com- 
passed by craft. 

Si me menddcii captas, non potes me cdpere. — " If you are try- 
ing to catch me in a lie, you cannot catch me." 

Si meliores sunt quos ducit amor, plures sunt quos corrlqit 
timor. Coke. — " If those are the best whom love induces, 
they are the most whom fear holds in check." 

Si mihi pergit quce vult d'lcere, ea quce non vult audiet. Tee. 
— "If he persists in saying whatever he likes against me, 
he shall hear what he will not like himself" 

Si (Mimnermus uti censet), sine amore jocisque 
Nil est jucundum, vivas in amore jocisque. HoE. 
— " If (as Mimnermus thinks) there is no pleasure without 
love and mirth, live amid love and mirth." 

Si monumentum requiris, circumspice. — " If you seek my mo- 
nument, look around." Epitaph of Sir Christopher Wren, 
the architect who designed St. Paul's Cathedral in Lon- 
don, the greatest memorial of his fame. 

Si mutdhUe pectus 

Est tibi, conslliis, non curribus, utere nostris. Ovid. 

— " If you have a mind capable of change, use my advice 

and not my chariot." The advice of Apollo to Phaethon. 

Si natura negat, facit indigndtio versum. Juv. — " Though 
Nature denied the power, indignation would give birth to 
verses." 

Si nihil infesti durus vidisset TTlysses ; 

PeneUpe felix, sed sine laude, foret. Ovid. 
— " If the hardy Ulysses had seen no adversity, Penelope 
would have been happy, but unknown to fame." Virtue 
is only proved by misfortune. 

Si non err asset, fecer at ille minus. Makt. — " If he had not 
committed an error, he would have done less." Said of a 
person who, having been negligent in his duty, exerts all 
his energy to retrieve his character. 
Si non esse domi, quos des, causdbere nummos ; 

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rJ^ 'T^li ^^-^ *^^* y^^ ^^v® no money at home to pay 
with, a biU will be asked for." 

Intendes animum studiis et rehus honestis, 

Inmdid vel amove vigil torquehere. ' Hob. 

— " If you do not apply your mind to study and laudable 
pursuits, you will be tormented and kept awake by envy 
or by love." J J 

Si nonpertcBsum thdldmi, tcedceque fuisset ; 

Suic uniforsanpotui succumbPre culpce. ViRG 
—"Had I not been tired of the marriage-bed and nuptial 
endearments, to this one frailty I might perhaps give way " 
— Ul marrying m her widowhood. ^ ^ & : 

Si numeres anno soles et nublla toto, 

Invenies nitldum S(jepius esse diem. OyiD 

^" ^^1.^'''^ .f ''''* *^^ ^""^ ^""y^ ^^^ the cloudy ones 
throughout the year, you will find that the bright days 

are the most m number." -^ 

-Siparva licet compdnere magnis. Virg—" If I may be 

allowed to compare small things with great " 

Si poema loquens pictUra est.pictura tddtum poema debet esse 
Ad HERENN.-^^f a poem is a speaking picture, a pic- 
ture ought to be a silent poem." See Mltlm est, &c 

^t possis suaviter, si non quocunque modo.-^'' Gently if you 
can, it not, by any means." ^ 

Siprmens bene collocdvPris, defutilro tibi dubium non erit — 
11 you make a good use of the present time, you need 
not be apprehensive as to the future." 

Si qua Jidem tanto est opPri latura vetusfas. Yirg __« Tf 
posterity will give any credit to so great an exploit." 

^iqua, metu dempto, casta est, ea dmique casta est Oyin — 
It any woman preserves her chastity when fear of de- 
tection IS removed, she, indeed, is chaste." Ovid had only 
experience of the more worthless part of the sex, and be- 
lieved, with Pope, that every "woman is at heart a rake " 

^i quid amicum erga bene feci, aut consului fid filter 
JSon videor meruisse laudem ; culpa cdruisse arbitror. 

Z V-.^f ?i '"^ ^""^ T^^ ^^^^ ^^^1 towards my friend, or 
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not deserving of praise ; I consider only that I am tree 
from blame." 

Si quid ficer is honest um cum labore, labor obit, honestum ma- 
net. Si quid feceris turpe cum voluptdte, voluptas abit, 
turpitudo manet.—''Ifjo\i have done anything honourable 
by dmt of labour, the labour is past, the honour survives. 
If you have done anything base for pleasure's sake, the 
pleasure is past, the baseness survives." 

Si quid ingenui sanguinis habes, non pluris eum fades quam 
lutum. Peteon. Aebitee.— " If you have any free-born 
blood in you, you will esteem him no more than you 
would a lump of clay." 

Si quid novisti rectius istis 

Gandldus imperti ; si non, his utere mecum. Hoe. 
—-"If you know anything better than these maxims, cjin- 
didly impart it ; if not, with me adopt these." 

Si quis.—'' If any one." A notification by a candidate for 
orders, inquiring if any impediment is aUeged against him 
IS so called. ' 

Si quis clerlcus, aut mondchus, verba joculatoria risum moven- 
tia serat, anathemdta esto.—'' If any clerk or monk shall 
use a jocular expression exciting laughter, let him be ex- 
communicated." An ordinance of the 2nd Council of 
Carthage. 

Si quis dat mannos, ne quaere in dentibus annos. — " You must 
not look a gift horse in the mouth." A mediaeval Leonine 
proverb. 

Si quis Deus mihi largidtur ut hdc cetdte repuerascam et in 
cunis vdgiam, valde recusem. Ctc— " If any god were to 
grant that at this age I should become a child again and 
cry m the cradle, I should decidedly refuse." 

Si quis mutuum cui dederit,fit pro proprio perdltum. Plaut. 
— " If one lends money to another, it is lost so far as being 
one's own.'* ^ 

Si, quoties hommes peccant, suafulmma mittat 

Jupiter, exiguo tempore inermis erit. Ovid. 

— '* If, as oft as mortals sin, 'Jove were to hurl his* light- 

nings, in a little time he would be without weapons." 

Si resita sit, vdleat IcetUia .'— " If this is the feet, then fare- 
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Si ^omce fuhis, JRomdno vivtto more; 

Sifueris alibi, vlvUo sicut ibi. St. Ambeose. 

— " If you are at Kome, live after the Roman fashion ; if 
you are in any other place, live as they do there." 
Si sapias, scipias ; habeas quod Di dabunt boni. Plaut. — 
" If you are wise, be wise. Take the good the gods pro- 
vide you." 

Si sapis, ^ 

Neque prceterquam quas ipse amor molestias 
Habet, addas, et illas, quas habet, recteferas. Teb. 
— " If you are wise, vou will not add to the troubles which 
love brings, but will bear with patience those which belong 
to it." 
Si sitis, nihil interest utrum aqua sit an vinum : nee referi 
utrum sit aureum poculum an vitreum. Sen. — " If you are 
thirsty, it matters not whether it be water or wine ; nor 
does it signify whether the cup be of gold or of glass." 
Si sol splendescat Maria purijicante, 

Major erit glacies post festum quamfuit ante. 
— " If the sun shines on the Purification of St. Mary, the 
frost will be greater after the feast than it was before." 
A mediaeval proverb ; similar to 

" If Candlemas day be fair and bright, 
Winter will have another flight." 

Si sftmulos pugnis ccedis, mariibus plus dolet. Plaut. 

— " If you thump a goad with your fists, your hands 
suff^er the moat." An evil is aggravated by foolish op- 
position. 
^S** tamen, e nobis alt quid, nisi nomen et umhra, 

Besfat, in Elijsid valle Tibullus erit. Ovid. 

— '^ If however aught of us but t^e name and shade re- 
mains, Tibullus will exist in the Elysian vales." 
Si te fi'cerit seciiribrem. Law Term. — " If he gives you se- 
curity." If he holds you harmless. 

Si te nulla movet tantdrum gloria rerum. Yiho. " If you 

are unmoved by the glory of exploits so mighty." 

Si te proverbia tangunt, 

Mense malas Maio nubere vulgus ait. Ovid. 

—"If proverbs have any weight with you, the common 

people say that ' bad prove the wives that are married in 



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May.' " Because the Lemuria, or rites of the dead, were 
celebrated in that month. 
Si tempus in studia conferas, omne vitce fastidium effvgeris ; 
nee noctem fieri optdbis tcedio lucis, nee tibi gravis eris, nee 
aliis supervdcuus. Sen. — " If you devote your time to 
study, you will avoid all the irksomeness of life ; you will 
neither long for the night, being tired of the day ; nor will 
you be a burden to yourself, or make your society insup- 
portable to others." 

Si tibi deficiant medici, medici tibifiant 

Hcec tria ; mens hildris, rPquies, moderdta diceta. 

Maxim of the School of Health at Salerno. 
— ■" If you stand in need of physicians, let these three 
things be your physicians ; a cheerful mind, relaxation 
from business, and a moderate diet." 

Si turpia sunt quw facis, quid refert nemmem scire, cum tu 
scias? O te miserum, si contemnis hunc testem. Sen. — 
" If what you do is criminal, what matters it that no 
one else knows, when you know it yourself P O miser- 
able man, if you despise this testimony." The condemn- 
ing power of a bad conscience. 

Si vales, bene est ; ego quidem valeo. — " If you are well, 'tis 
good ; as for me, I am well." 

Si vir es, i. Ovid. — " If you are a man, go.'* 

Si vis inedliimem, si vis te reddere sanum, 
Curas tolle graves, irasci crede profdnum. 
— " If you wish to be safe in person and in health, shun 
weighty cares, and deem it profane to be angry." Me- 
diaeval lines. 

Si vis meflere, dolendum est 

Primum ipsi tibi. Hoe. 

— " If you wish me to sympathize, you must first show 
grief yourself." Advice given to the actor or writer of 
tragedy. 

Si vis pacem, para bellum. — " If you wish for peace, be pre- 
pared for war." An armed peace is the best security 
against war. 

Si vos valetis, bene est, ego quidem valeo. — " If vou are weU, 
'tis good; I myself am well." Sometimes' abbreviated 
thus. Si Vos V. B. E. E. Q. V. 

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Nonjieret levius.fugPres rddlce vel herhd 

JProJiciente nihil cur drier. Hoe. 

— " If you had a wound w hich was not relieved by the 
application of a plant or root prescribed for it, you would 
reject the plant or root that had not eftected a cure." 

Sihi quisque peccat. Prov. — " Every one who sins sins 
against himself." Our sins fall on our own heads, what- 
ever may be our object in sinning. 

Sihi quivis 

Speret idem : sudet multum^frustrdque Idboret 

Ausus idem. Hor. 

— '* Anybody might hope to do the same thing, but would 
sweat much and labour in vain, in attempting it." The 
result of a vain attempt to imitate a great author. 

Sibi uni fortHnam debet. — " He owes his fortune to himself 
alone." 

Sic agltur censHra, et sic exempla parantur; 

Cum vindex, alios quod monet, ipse facit. Ovid. 
— " Thus is a censorship discharged, and thus is an exam- 
ple given ; when the assertor of morality himself practises 
that which he enjoins on others." 

Sic ait, et dido dtitis tiimlda cequora placat. Yieg. — " He 
so says, and quicker than speech he lulls the swelling 
seas." 

Sic dnimum tempusque traho ; meqne ipse reduco 

A contempldtu, summdvedque, mali. OviD. 

— " Thus do I occupy my mind and my hours ; and thus 

do I take myself away and withdraw myself from the 

contemplation of my woes." 
Sic cogitandum est tanquam dUquis in pectus infimum in- 

splcere possit. Sen.—" Tou ought so to regulate your 

thoughts, as if any one could look into the inmost recesses 

of your breast." 
Sic cum inferinre vivas, quemadmodum tecum superiorem velis 

vJv^re. Sen. — " So live with your inferior, as you would 

wish a superior to live with you." 
Sic cum manus impia scevit, 

Sanguine Casareo Bomdnum extinguPre nomen ; 

Attdnitum tantce siihlto terrore rulnce 

HUmdnum genus est, totusque perhorruit orbis. Ovid. 

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to extinguish the Roman name in the blood of Csesar, the 
human race was astounded with sudden terror at ruin so 
universal, and the whole earth shook with horror." In 
allusion to the prodigies which were said to have happened 
at the time of the murder of Julius Csesar. 
Sic delatores, genus hdminum. publico exitio repertum, et poenis 
nunquam satis coerdtum, per prcemia eliciebantur. Tacit. 
--" Thus were informers, a description of men introduced 
for the public destruction, and never sufficiently restrained 
by penalties, invited to action by rewards." The his- 
torian is speaking of the informers, who swarmed and 
flourished in imperial Eome. 

Sic ego nee sine te nee tecum vlvere possum ; 

Et videor voti nescius esse mei. Otid. 

— " Thus I can neither live without you nor yet with you j 

and I seem not to know my own wishes." 

Sic itur ad astra. Virg.— " Thus do we reach the 

stars." By the path of virtue. 

Sic noctem patera, sic duram carmine, donee 

Injiciat radios in mea vina dies. Peopert. 

—•"Thus will I pass the night with the goblet and the 
song, until the day shall shed its rays upon my wine." 

Sic omnia fatis 

In pejus mere et retro sublapsa referri. Virg. 
—" Thus, by the Fates' decree, all things change quickly 
for the worse and retrograde." A destiny fixed and im- 
mutable was held by the ancients to rule all things. 

Sic passim. — " So in various places." 

Sic prjEsentWus utdris voluptdtWus utfuturis non noceas. Sen. 
— " So enjoy present pleasures as not to alloy those which 
are to come." Beware of being cloyed by satiety. 

Sic quibus intumuit suffusd venter ah undd ; 

Quo plus sunt potce, plus sitiuntur aquce. Ovid. 

--" So, with those troubled with dropsy, the more water 

they drink, the more they thirst." 

Sic quisque pavendo 

Bat vires famcB, nulloque auctore malorum 

Qucejinxere timet.- Lttcan. 

— " Thus each person by his fears gives strength to ru- 
mour ; and without any real ground for apprehending evil 
fears what he has conjured up." 



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Sic transit gloria mundi. — " Thus passes away the glory of 
this world." Beginning of a Sequence of the Romish 
Church, and said to have been formerly used at the in- 
auguration of the popes of Rome. 

Sic utere tuo ut alieno ne Icedas. Coke. — " So use your own, 
as not to injure the property of another." So use your 
own property, as not to cause a nuisance or injury to 
others. 

Sic visum Veneri; cui placet impdres 
Formas, at que animos subjuga ahenea 
ScBVO mittere cumjoco. Hos. 

— " Such is the will of Venus ; who delights, in cruel 
sport, to subject to her brazen yoke persons and tempers 
ill suited to each other." 

Sic vita erat ; facile amnes perferre ac pati ; 
Cum quihus erat cunque una, his sese dedere; 
Forum obsf'qui studiis ; adversus neminiy 

Kunquam prceponens se dliis. Teb. 

—-" Such was his life ; readily to bear and comply with all ; 
with whomsoever he was in company, to them to resign 
himself ; to devote himself to their pursuits ; at variance 
with no one, and never preferring himself to others," 

Sic vive cum homlmbus tanquam Deus videat, et videt. Sen. 
— " So live with men, as if God might see, and does see 
you." 

Sic volo, sic juheo, sit pro ratione voluntas. Jfy. — " So I 
will it, so I command it, let my pleasure stand for my 
reason." In the original, the line begins. Hoc voloj &c. 

Sic vos non vobis. See Hos ego^ &c. 

Sicut ante, — "As before." 

Sicut mens est mos^ 

Nescio quid medXtans nugdrum, totus in illis. Hob. 

— " Meditating on some trifle or other, as is my habit, 

and totally intent upon it." 

Sicut Not us pulvPrem, sic luxuries improbos gyrat. — " As the 
south wind carries along the dust, so does sensuality the 
wicked." A mediaeval passage. 

Sicut 

Parvula {nam exemplo est) magni formica laboris 

Ore trahit quodcunque potest^ atque addit acervo 

Quern struit ; haud igndra^ ac non incauta futiiri. HoR. 



— " Thus the little ant (for she is an example) with vast 
toil carries in her mouth all she can, and adds to the heap 
which she piles up, by no means ignorant or regardless of 
the future." 

Stciiti aurum ignis, ita etiam amtcos tempus jUdtcat.—'' A.% fire 
tries gold, so does time try friends." 

Silent leges inter arma. Cic. — See Inter arma, &c. 

Silvis, ubi passim 

Falantes error certo de trdmite pellit, 

Hie sinistrorsum, hie dextrorsum, abit. HoR. 



-"As in the woods, where a mistake leads people to 
wander from the proper path ; one deviates to the right, 
another to the left." 

Slmia, quam swiUis, turpissma bestia, nobis ! — " The ape, that 
most vile beast, how like it is to ourselves ! " 

S'lmia simia est^ etiamsi aurea gestet insignia. JProv. — " An 
ape is an ape still, though it wear jewels of gold." 

Simile gaudet slmili. Proi?.— "Like loves like." See 

Pares cum, &c. 

Smiles aliorum respwe casus, 

Mitius ista feres. Oyid.— See Quoties flenti, &c. 

Smiles habent labia lactHcas. Prov. — " Like lips like lettuce." 
Every class has its own tastes and predilections. Said by 
Crassus, on seeing an ass eat thistles ; the only occasion 
on which he was known to laugh. 

Similia similibus curantur. — " Like things are cured by like." 
The basis of Homoeopathy. 

Simplex munditiis. Hoe.—" Simple in neat attire." " Neat 
but not gaudy." 

Simul ac durdverit cetas 

Membra dnmumque tuum, nabis sine cortlce. Hor. 

— "As soon as age shall have strengthened your limbs 
and your mind, you will swim without cork." 

Simul etjucunda et idonea dlcere vitce. Hor. — " To tell 

at the same time what is pleasant and what is suited to 
life." To blend amusement with instruction. 

Simuldtio ambris pejor odio est. Pliny the Younger. — " Pre- 
tended love is worse than hatred." 

Sincerum est nisi vas, quodcunque infundis acescit. Hor. — 
"Unless the vessel is clean, whatever you pour into it 



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SIN. 



turns sour." If the youthful mind is not properly pre- 
pared, the lessons of instruction will be turned to bad pur- 
pose. We see daily instances in the perverted use made 
of the arts of reading and writing. 

Sitie C^rere et Baccho friget Venus. — " Without Ceres and 
Bacchus, Venus will starve." Without the support of 
wine and food, love would soon perish. 

Sine curd. — "Without care." A sinecure is a place or ap- 
pointment of which the only duty is that of recei\in2 the 
salary. 

Sine f//e.—" Without a day." An assembly is adjourned 
sine die when no time is named for its reassembling for the 
consideration of the business for which it originally met. 

Sinefuco etfalldcid homo. Cic. — " A man without guile and 
deceit." 

Sine invidid.—" Without envy." Not invidiously. 

Sine me, vacuum tempus ne quod dem mihi 

Laburis. Teb. 

— " Allow me to grant myself no leisure, no respite from 
labour." 

Sine me vocdri pesslmum, ut dives vocer. JProv. — " Call me 

all that's bad, so you call me rich." The maxim of one 

who makes money his chief object. 
Sine mllttis usu 

Mollia securce peragehant otia mentes. Ovid. 

— " Without occasion for soldiers, the minds of men, free 

from care, enjoyed an easy tranquillity." The happy state 

of man in the Golden Age. 
Sine odio. — " Without hatred." 
Sinepectore corpus.—'' K body without a heart." 
Sine pennis voldre liaud facade est. Plaut. — " It is not easy 

to fly without wings." Said of those who attempt to do 

what is beyond their natural capacity. 
Sineprohd causa. — " Without approved* cause." 
Sine prole.—'' Without offspring." Sometimes abbreviated, 

Sine qua non.—" Without which, not." Anything indis- 
pensable, and without which another cannot exist. 

Sine quereld mortalitdtis jura penddmus. Sen. — "Let us 
abide by the laws of mortality without complaining." 



SIN— SIT. 



433 



Sine virtute argutum civem mihi hdheam pro prceftcd, 

Qu(B alios collaudaty eapse se vero non potest. Plaut. 

~" Without valour an eloquent citizen is like a hired 
mourner, who praises other people for that which he can- 
not do himself." The prcBJiccB, or hired mourners, were 
lemales. 

Sine virtute esse amicitia nullo pacto potest ; quce autem inter 
bonos amicitia d'lcttur, hcec inter malos f actio est. Sall — 
" There can be no true friendship without virtue ; for that 
bond which, among good men, is called friendship, amon^ 
wicked men becomes faction." 

Singula de nobis anni prcedantur euntes. HoE.— "Each pass- 
ing year deprives us of something." 

Singula qucsque locum teneant sortlta decenter. Hoe.—" Let 

each ke^ the place assigned it by its respective proper- 

!w X. ?r^ character of Tragedy is not to be blended with 
that 01 Comedy. 

Singula quid referam? nil non mortdle tenemus, 

Pectoris exceptis ingeniique bonis. ' Ovid 

—"Why should I enter into details ? we have nothing 
that IS not perishable, except the blessings of the heajl 
and of the intellect." 

Sint M(scendtes, non derunt, Flacce, Marones ; 

Virgiliumque tibi vel tua rura dabunt. IVIaet. 

--" Let there be Maecenases, Placcus, and Maros wiu not 
be wanting ; and even your own fields wiU give you a Vir- 
gd^ ^ In allusion to the patronage given by M^cenas to 

Sint sales sine vilitdte.—" Let your jests be without vul- 
garity.'] 

Sit bona librorum et provlsce frugis in annum 

Oopia.-— jj^^ 

— -Let me have a good supply of books, and a store of 
provisions for the year." The great necessaries with 
Horace lor the true enjoyment of life. 
Sit brevis aut nullus tibi 'somnus merididnus. Maxim of the 
School of Salerno.— " At midday take either a short nap or 
none at aU. '^ 

Sit mihifa^s audita loqui ; sit nUmme vestro 

Pandere res altd terra et callgme mersas. ViBG. 

— " Be it permitted me to utter what I have heard ; may 






9gmt WVlrtr",,«i%HiA •yittm M 



434 



SIT— SOC. 



I by your divine will disclose things buried in the depths 
of the earth and in darkness." 
■Sit mihi mensa tripes et 



Concha salts puri, et toga, quce defender e frigus, 

Quamvis crassa queat. Hoe. 

— " Let me have but a three-legged table, a shell full of 

pure salt, and a garment, which, though coarse, may keep 

off the cold." 
Sit mihi quod nunc est, etiam minus ; ut mihi vivam 

Quod superest cevi, si quod siiperesse volunt Di. Hoe. 

— " May my fortune be as it is now, or even less ; so I 

enjoy myself for the remainder of my days, if the gods 

will that any do remain." 
Sit modus lasso mari^, et vidrum^ 

Militiceque. HoE. 

— " Let there be an end to my fatigues by sea, by land, 

and in warfare." 
Sit piger ad poenas princeps, ad prcemia velox. OviD. — " A 

prince should be slow to inflict punishment, prompt to 

reward." 
Sit procul omne nefas ; ut ameris, amdhilis esto. Ovin. — 

" Afar be all criminal designs ; that you may be loved, be 

worthy to be loved." 
Sit tihi credibilis sermo, consuetaque verba. Ovid. — " Let 

your language be intelligible, and your words such as are 

commonly used." 
Sit tihi terra levis. — "May the earth lie light upon thee." 

Often found in Roman Epitaphs, as also in the abbreviated 

form, S. T. T. L. These words are wittily parodied in the 

weU-known Epitaph on Sir John Vanbrugh, the architect : 
" Lie heavy on him, earth, for he 
Laid many a heavy load on thee." 
Sit tua cura sequi, me duce tutus eris. Otid. — " Be it your 

care to follow, with me your guide you will be safe." 
Sit venia verbis. — " May pardon be granted to my words." 
Sive pium vis hoc, sive hoc muliebre vocdri ; 

Conflteor misero molle cor esse mihi. Ovin. 

— " Whether you call it affectionate, or whether woman- 
ish, I confess that the heart of poor me is but tender." 
Societdtis vinculum est ratio et ordtio. Cic. — " Reason and 

speech are the bond of human society." 



SOC— SOL. 



435 



Socius atque comes, turn honoris, turn etiam calainitdtis. Cic. 
— " The companion and sharer as well of my honours as 
of my misfortunes." 

Socius Jidelis anchora tuta esf.^" A faithful companion is a 
sure anchor." 

Socrates, cui nulla pars sapientice obscura fuit, non erubuit 
tunc, cum interposUd arundme crurWus suis, cum parvulis 

Jilidlis ludens, ab Alcihidde risus est. Yalee. j\Llx. 

" Socrates, to whom no branch of wisdom was unknown, 
was not ashamed, when, being found astride a stick, 
playing with some little children, he was laughed at by 
Alcibiades." ^ 

Socrates quidem cum rogdretur cujdtem se ipse dicer et, mun- 
ddnum inquit ; totius enim mun'di se incolam et civem arbi- 
trabdtur. Cic.—" Socrates, when asked of what country 
he called himself, answered, of the world ; for he considered 
himself an inhabitant and citizen of the whole world." 

Sol crescentes decedens dupHcat umbras. Yieg. — " The 

setting sun doubles the lengthening shadows." 

Sol occUbuit ; nox nulla secuta est, — " The sun has set ; no 
night has ensued." A piece of flattery addressed to a son, 
and equally complimentary to his father. Burton applies 
it to Charles I., as the successor of James. Camden says 
it is ascribed to Giraldus, and refers to the succession of 
Richard on the death of Henry 11. See Mira cano, &c. 

Soldmen miseris socios habuisse doloris. — " It is some comfort 
to the wretched to have partners in their woes." 

Solebdmus consilmere longa loquendo 

Tempora, sermonem dejiciente die. Ovid. 

— " We were in the habit of spending much of our time in 

conversation ; and the day sufficed not for our discourse." 

Solem e mundo tollunt qui amicitiam e vita toUunt. — " They de- 
prive the world of the sun who deprive life of friendship." 

Solem quis d'lcere falsum 

Audeat ? Yieg. 

— " Who dares call the sun a deceiver ? " Yirgil says this 
when about to mention the prognostics afforded by the 
sun for fair or foul weather. 

Solent menddces luere poenas maPfici. Ph^d. — " Liars 
generally pay the penalty of their guilt." 

Soht a despectis par referri gratia. Ph.ed.— " Repayment 
in kind is generally made by those who are despised." 

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436 



SOL— SOM. 



Soli lumen muttidri ; coelo Stellas ; rants aquam. I*rov. — 
" To lend light to the sun, stars to the heavens, and water 
to the frogs." 

Sdlitudmemfaciunt, pacem appellant. Tacit. — " They make 
a desert and call it peace." Tlie conduct pursued by some 
civilized nations in exterminating what they call barbarians. 

Sollicitant alii remisjreta C(Eca, ruuntque 

Inferrum : penetrant aulas, et llmina regum. ViEG, 

— " Some harass unknown seas with oars ; some rush 

into arms ; some work their way into courts and the 

Salaces of kings." Virgil contrasts the quiet of a country 
fe with the conditions of the sailor, the soldier, and the 

courtier. See Ofortunati nimium, &c. 
Solo cedit, quicquid solo plantdtur. Law Max. — "Whatever 

is planted in the soil goes with the soil." 
Solum patricd ommbus est carum, dulce, atque jucundum. Cic. 

— " His native soil is sweet, dear, and delightful to every 

one." 
Solve senescentem mature sanus equum, ne 

JPeccet ad extremum ridendus. HoB. 

— " Wisely in time dismiss the aged courser, lest, an ob- 
ject of derision, he stumble at last." 
Solvit ad diem. Law Term. — "He paid to the day." A 

plea to an action of debt. 
SolvUe tantis dnmum monstris, 

Solvtte, SupPri. Sen. 

— " Save, ye gods of heaven, from such chimaeras, save the 
mind!" 

Solvitque dmmis mirdcula rerum, 

Enpuitque Jovi fulmen, viresque tonanti. Manil. 
— " He both freed our minds from dread of things above, 
and snatched the lightnings from Jove, and from the 
thunderer his might." See Eripuit coelo, &c. 
Solvuntur tabulce. — " The bills are dismissed." 
Somne quies rerum, placidissme, somne, Deorum, 
Pax dnmi, quern curafugit, qui cor da dinrnis 
Fessa ministeriis mulces, repdrasque labori. Ovid. 
— " Sleep, thou repose of all things ; sleep, thou gentlest 
of the deities ; thou peace of the mind, from whom care 
flies ; who dost soothe the hearts of men wearied with the 
toils of the day, and dost recruit them for labour." 



SOM— SOS. 



437 



Somnia me terrent veros imitantia casu^ ; 

Et vigilant sensus in mea damna mei. Ovin. 

— " Visions alarm me, that portray my real misfortunes ; 

and my senses are ever awake to my sorrows." 
Somnia, terrbres mdg^cos, mirdciila, sagas, 

Nocturnos Lemures, portentdque Thessdla, rides ? Hon. 

— " Can you laugh at dreams, magic terrors, wonders, 

witches, goblins of the night, and Thessalian prodigies .? " 
Somnus agrestium 

Lenis virorum non Mmiles domos 

Fast'idit, umbrosamque ripam. HoE. 

— " Light slumbers do not disdain the humble dwelling of 

the peasant, or the shady bank." 
Sorex suo perit indicio. JProv. — " The mouse perishes, by be- 
ing his own informer." His hole being seen is the cause 
of his destruction. 

Sors et virtus 7niscentur ifi unum. Vieg. — " Chance 

and valour are blended together." It is equally doubtful 
which may prevail. 
Sortes Virgilidnce.--" The Virgilian Chances." A species of 
divination practised by the ancients, by opening the works 
of Virgil, and remarking the lines beneath the fingers the 
instant the leaves were opened. Spartianus tells us that it 
was much practised by the Emperor Adrian. When the 
works of Homer were used, it was called, " Sortes Home- 
riccB." The ancient Christians used a similar kind of 
divination with the Holy Scriptures, or the Psalter, which 
was called " Sortes Sanctorum'' and was repeatedly con- 
demned by the councils of the Church. King Charles the 
First is said to have tried the " Sortes Virgiliance,'' in the 
Bodleian Library at Oxford, when on a visit there in com- 
pany with Lord Falkland, and to have opened at the pro- 
phetic lines in the 4th Book of the iEneid, 1. 615, begin- 
ning, 

At bello auddcis popiiU vexdtus et armis. 
" Harassed in warfare by the arms of a valiant people — " 
This is Dr. Well wood's account, but Aubrey relates the 
same storv of the poet Cowley and Charles, Prmce of 
Wales, at Paris, in 1648. 
Sospes eas, semperque parens ; mihifllia rapta est. 

Ifeu ! melior quanto sors tua sorte med ! Otid. 



436 



SOL— SOM. 



Soli lumen mutudri ; coelo Stellas ; ranm aquam. JProv. — 
" To lend light to the sun, stars to the heavens, and water 
to the frogs." 

SoUtudmem faciunt, pacem appellant. Tacit. — "They make 
a desert and call it peace." The conduct pursued by some 
civilized nations in exterminating what they call barbarians, 

Sollicitant alii remisfreta cceca, ruuntque 

Inferrum : penetrant aulas, et llmma return. YiEG. 
— " Some harass unknown seas with oars ; some rush 
into arms ; some work their way into courts and the 
palaces of kings." Virgil contrasts the quiet of a country 
life with the conditions of the sailor, the soldier, and the 
courtier. See Ofortunati nimium, &c. 

Solo cedit, quicquid solo plantdtur. Law Max, — "Whatever 
is planted in the soil goes with the soil." 

Solum patricB omnibus est carum, dulce, atque jucundum. Cic. 
— " His native soil is sweet, dear, and delightful to every 



Hoe. 



one. 
Solve senescentem matHre sanus equum, ne 

Peccet ad extremum ridendus. 

— " Wisely in time dismiss the aged courser, lest, an ob- 
ject of derision, he stumble at last." 
Solvit ad diem. Law Term. — "He paid to the day." A 

plea to an action of debt. 
Sohnte tantis dmmum monstris, 

Solvate, Siiperi. Sen. 

— " Save, ye gods of heaven, from such chimaeras, save the 

mind!" 

Solvitque dnimis mirdcula rerum, 



Eripuitque Jovifulmen, viresque tonanti. Manil. 
— " He both freed our minds from dread of things above, 
and snatched the lightnings from Jove, and from the 
thunderer his might." See Eripuit coelo, &c. 
Solvuntur tabulce. — " The bills are dismissed." 
Somne quies rerum, placidisslme, somne, Deorum, 
Pax dnimi, quem curafugit, qui corda ditirnis 
Fessa ministeriis mulces, repdrasque lahori. Ovid. 
— " Sleep, thou repose of all things ; sleep, thou gentlest 
of the deities ; thou peace of the mind, from whom care 
flies ; who dost soothe the hearts of men wearied with the 
toils of the day, and dost recruit them for labour." 



SOM— SOS. 



437 



Somnia me terrent veros imitantia casm ; 

Et vigilant sensus in mea damna mei. Ovid. 

— " Visions alarm me, that portray my real misfortunes ; 

and my senses are ever awake to my sorrows." 
Somnia, terrores mdgicos, mirdcula, sagas, 

Nocturnos Lemures, portentdque Thessdla, rides ? HoE. 

—"Can you laugh at dreams, magic terrors, wonders, 

witches, goblins of the night, and Thessalian prodigies ? " 
Somnus agrestiit/tn 

Lenis virorum non humiles domos 

Fastldit, umbrosamque ripam. Hoe. 

— " Light slumbers do not disdain the humble dwelling of 

the peasant, or the shady bank." 
Sorex suoperit indmo. Prov.—" The mouse perishes, by be- 
ing his own informer." His hole being seen is the cause 

of his destruction. 
Sors et virtus miscentur in unum. Vieg. — " Chance 

and valour are blended together." It is equally doubtful 

which may prevail. 
Sortes VirgilidncB.—'' The Virgilian Chances." A species of 
divination practised by the ancients, by opening the works 
of Virgil, and remarking the lines beneath the fingers the 
instant the leaves were opened. Spartianus t^lls us that it 
was much practised by the Emperor Adrian. When the 
works of Homer were used, it was called, " Sortes Home- 
rices.'' The ancient Christians used a similar kind of 
divination with the Holy Scriptures, or the Psalter, which 
was called " Sortes Sanctorum'' and was repeatedly con- 
demned by the councils of the Church. King Charles the 
First is said to have tried the " Sortes Virgilianw," in the 
Bodleian Library at Oxford, when on a visit there in com- 
pany with Lord Falkland, and to have opened at the pro- 
phetic lines in the 4th Book of the ^Jieid, 1. 615, begin- 
ning, 

At bello auddcis popiili vexdtus et armis. 
" Harassed in warfare by the arms of a valiant people — " 
This is Dr. Well wood's account, but Aubrey relates the 
same story of the poet Cowley and Charles, Pnnce of 
Wales, at Paris, in 1648. 
Sospes eas, semperque parens ; miUfilia rapta est. 

lieu ! melior quanta sors tua sorte med ! Ovid. 



till 



;!H/?!;i^:;gi{:t:jj:3f!;Ks«j^ ■ 



438 



SPA— SPE. 



— " Unbanned mayest thou be, and a parent mayest tbou 
ever remain. From me my daughter has been removed. 
Alas ! how much happier is thy lot than mine ! " 
— Spar g ere voces 

In vulgum amblguas. YiRO. 

— " To scatter doubtful rumours among the mob." 
'Spatio hrevi 



Spem longam reseces. Dum loquimur, fugerit invida 
jEtas. Carpe diem, quam mmme credula postero. HoB. 
— " Abridge your hopes in proportion to the shortness of 
your life. While we are conversing, envious time has 
been flying. Seize the present day, trusting as little as 
possible in the morrow." 

Spectas et tu spectdheris. — "Tou see and you shall be seen." 
You here see the characters of others, and if necessary 
you shall see your own held up to view. 

Spectdtum veniunt, veniunt spectentur ut ipsce. OviD. — " They 
come to see, they come too to be seen." Said by Ovid 
with reference to the motives with which the Eoman fe- 
males flocked to the Circus and the Theatres. 

Spectdtum admissi, risum tenedtis, amici ? Hoe. — " Being 
admitted to see [the picture], can you, my friends, refrain 
from laughter ? " 

Spem honam ceriamque damum reporto. — " I bring home a 
good and assured hope." I announce hopes not likely to 
be disappointed. 

Spem pretio non emo. Tee. — " I do not buy hopes with 
money." I do not give gold for mere expectations. 

Sperat infestisy metuit secundis 
Alteram sortem hene prcepardtum 

JPectics. Hob. 

— " The heart that is well prepared, hopes in adversity, 
and fears a change of fortune in prosperity." 

Sperdte, et vosmet rebus servdte secundis. Vieg. — "Hope 
on, and reserve yourself for prosperous times." 

Sperdte rmseri, cavete fellces. — " Live in hope, you who are 
wretched ; you who are in prosperity, beware." 

Sperdvmus ista 

Dum fortuna fuit. ViEG. 

— " We once had such hopes, while fortune favoured us." 

Speremus qua volumuSj sed quce acc^iderit ferdmus. Cic. — 



SPE— SPL. 



439 



" Let us hope for what we will ; but let us endure what 

befalls us." 
Speme voluptdtes, nocet empta dolore voluptas. Hoe. — " De- 
spise pleasures ; pleasure purchased by pain is injurious." 
Spes bona dat vires, dnimum quoque spes bonajirmat ; 

Fiver e spe vidi qui morUurus erat. 

— "Good hope gives strength, good hope also confirms 

the resolution ; even him who was on the point of death, I 

have seen kept alive by hope." 
Spes est vigilantis somnium. Coke. — " Hope is the dream 

of a man awake." An adaptation from Quintilian. 
Spesfacit, ut vldeat cum terras und^ique nullas, 

Naufragus in mediis brdchia jactet aquis. Ovid. 

— " Hope it is that makes the shipwrecked mariner strike 

out in the midst of the waves, even when he beholds no 

land on any side." 
Spes gregis. Vieg.—" The hope of the flock." Sometimes 

applied to one particular child, the hope of the family. 

" The flower of the flock." It is also used ironically. 
-Spes incerta futuri. Vieg. — " Hopes of the future full 

of uncertainty." 
Spes sibi quisque. Yieg. — "Let every man's hope be in 

himself." Let every man trust to his own resources. 
Spes tenet in tempus, semel est si credlta, longum ; 

Ilia quidem fallax, sed tamen apta Dea est. Ovid. 

— " Hope, if once indulged, endures for a long time ; 

although a deceitful goddess, she is nevertheless a con- 
venient one." 
Spirat adhuc amor, 

Yivuntque commissi color es 

u'EolicB fidibus puellcB. Hoe. 

— " Still breathes his love, and still lives the glowing 

warmth, imparted to the lyre by the ^olian fair." Said 
in allusion to Anacreon and Sappho. 

Spirat tragwum satis, et feliciter audet. Hoe. — "' He 

breathes a spirit tragic enough, and is happy in his at- 
tempt." 

Splendide mendax. Hoe. — " Nobly false." Untrue for a 
noble object. Sometimes used ironically in reference to 
an egregious liar. See Piafraus. 



44e 



SPO— STA. 



Sponde, noxa prcesto est. Prov. — " Be surety, and harm is 
at hand." From the Greek. 



-Spretwque injuria formce. ViEG. — " And the affront 
offered to her slighted beauty." In allusion to the resent- 
ment of Juno at the judgment of Paris. 

Sttty viator, heroem calcas. — " Pause, traveller ; thou treadest 
on a hero's dust ! " The epitaph inscribed by the great 
Conde over the remains of his antagonist, the brave 
Merci. 

Stabat Mater dolorosa. — " There stood the Mother, bathed in 
tears." The beginning of the Prose, or Sequence, of the 
Mass for the Dead in the Eoman Church. 

Standum est contra res adversas. — "We must stand up 
against adversity." 

Stanspede in uno. Hoe. — " Standing on one leg." Applied 
to a work, this phrase means that it bears no marks of 
extraordinary exertion. 

Stare decisis^ et non movere quieta. Lata Maj;. — " To abide 
by decisions made, and not to stir up points set at 
rest." 

Stare putes, adeo procedunt tempora tarde. Ovid. — " The 
time proceeds so slowly, you would think that it was 
standing still." 

Stare super vias antiquas. — "To stand upon old ways." To 
be attached to old habits or customs, and to resist novel- 
ties or innovations. 

Statfortuna domus, &c. Vieg. — See Genus immortnle, &c. 

Stat magni nommis umbra. LiJCAN. — " He stands, the 

shadow of a mighty name." The poet says this in refer- 
ence to the titles gained by Pompey in his younger days; 
but it is sometimes quoted as though meaning that the 
lustre of a person's former greatness is impaired by his late 
conduct, and he is no more than the faint image of what 
he was. See Magni nominis, &c. 

Stat ndminis umbra. — An adaptation of the above, used 
by * Junius ' as the motto of his pseudonymous Let- 
ters. 

Stat pro ratione voluntas. — " My pleasure stands as my rea- 
son." See Hoc volo, &c., and Sic volo, &c. 

Stat sua cuique dies ; breve et irrepardb1.le tempus 



STA— STE. 

Omnibus est vitce ; sedfamam extender e factis. 

Hoc virtutis opus. Vieg. 



441 



— " For every one his day is fixed ; a short and unalterable 
term of life is given to all ; but by deeds to extend our 
fame, this is virtue's task." 

Statim daret, ne differendo videretur negdre. Coen. Nep. — 
" He would give at once, lest, by deferring, he should seem 
to deny." Said of Themistocles. See Bis dat, &c. 

Status quo, Status in quo, Statu quo, or In statu qtw. — " The 
state in which, [it was]." 

Status quo ante bellum.-—'' The state in which the belligerent 
nations stood before war commenced." A term used in 
diplomatic communications. The opposite term is the 
Uti possidetis, which see. 

Stemmdta quidfdciunt? Quidprodest, Fonttce, longo 

Sanguine censeri ? JuT. 

— " What do pedigrees avail ? Of what use, Ponticus, is 
it to be descended from a long line of ancestors ? " 

Stercus et urina medicorum ferula prima. — "To regulate the 
natural evacuations is the first rule of physicians." 

Sterilisque diu palus, aptdque remis 

Viclnas urbes alit, et grave sentit ardtrum. Hob. 
— " And the swamp, long sterile, and plied by the oar, 
now maintains the neighbouring cities, and feels the 
heavy plough." 

Sternttur, exdnmisque tremens procumbit humi bos. Vieg. 
— " The ox is feUed, and, quivering, lies expiring on the 
ground." Porson is said to have exclaimed, on letting 
Bos' 8 Ellipses fall upon some volumes of Hume's History 
of England, " Frocumbit Humi Bos ! " 

Stet processus. Law Lat. — " Let process be stayed." 

— -—Stillicidi casus lapldem cavat. Luce. — " The fall- 
ing drop hollows out the stone." 

Stimulos dedit cemula virtus. Lijcan. — " Valorous rivalry 

spurred him on." 

Stoltdam prcebet tibi vellere barbam. Pebs. — "He holds 

out his silly beard for thee to pluck." 

Stomachdtur omnia. Cic. — "He frets about everything." 
He takes everything to heart. 

Strata jaccnt passim sua qucsque sub arbore poma. Vieg. — 



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"The fruits lie scattered here and there beneath their 
trees." 

Stratum super stratum. — "Layer upon layer," or "stratum 
upon stratum," as geologists would say. 

Strenua nos exercet inertia ; ndvib'us atque 

Quadrigis pefimus bene vivere. HoR. 

— " A useless activity urges us on ; by ships and by 
chariots we seek to live happily." 

Studere suis commodis. Cic. — " To study one's own con- 
venience." 

Studiis Jlorentem ignohilis oti. Vteo. — "Indulging in 

the pursuits of inglorious ease." Said by the poet of him- 
self, when \vriting the Georgics. 

Studio cul'incB tenetur. Cic. — " He is possessed by thoughts 
of the kitchen." "His heart is in the kitchen." He 
thinks of nothing but eating. See Animus est in, &c. 

Studio minuente laborem. Oyid. — " His zeal diminish- 
ing his toil." 

— -—Studium famcB mihi crescit amore. Ovid. — " My zeal 
increases with my eagerness for fame." 
-Stulta est dementia, cum tot ublque 



VdtHbus occurras, peritHrcB parcere charts. Juv. 

— "It were misplaced forbearance, when you meet so 

many poets everywhere, to spare paper that is sure to be 

wasted," The words of an indignant critic. 
Stulte, quid ofrustra votis pueriltbus optas. 

Qua non ulla tulit,fertqueferetque dies? Oyid. 

— '^ fool ! why, with thy childish aspirations, dost thou 

vainly wish for that, which no time, past, present, or to 

come, will realize ? " 
StuWitia est, cui bene esse licet, eum prcevorti 

Lurbus. Plaut. 

— " It is sheer folly for a man who can enjoy himself, to 

turn to brawling in preference." 
StultUia est ei te esse tristem, cujus potestas plus potest. 

Plaut.— "It is sheer folly to be morose towards him 

whose rule is the stronger." 

K^tultttia est, fdcmus magnum tmido cordi credere, nam 

omnes 
Bes perinde sunt ut agas. Plaut. 



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— " rt is sheer folly to intrust a bold design to a timorous 
heart, for aU things are just as you make them." 
Stultitia est vendtum dUcere invitos canes. Plaut. — "It is 

folly to take out unwilling dogs to hunt." 
Stultttiam dissimuldre non potes nisi taciturnitdte. — "There 

is no way to conceal folly but by silence." 
Stultttiam patiuntur opes. Hoe. — " Riches license 

folly." Follies are often passed over in the rich. 
Stultttiam simuldre loco, sapientia summa est. — " I'o affect 

folly is, on some occasions, consummate wisdom." The 

foolishness, for instance, affected by Brutus in the house 

of Tarquinius. 
Sfultorum caldf)ii carbones, mcenia charted. Frov. — " Coals 

are the fool's pen, the walls his paper." So the English 

proverb, " A white wall is a fool's paper." 
Stultorum incurdta malus pudor ulcera celat. Hoe. — " It is 

the false shame of fools that makes them conceal their 

uncured wounds." This maxim may be applied both to 

wounds of the mind and of the body. 
Stultum consilium non modo effectu caret 

Sed ad perniciem quoque mortdles avocat. Phjed. 

— " An ill-judged project is not only profitless, but lures 

mortals to their destruction as well." 
Stultum est dicere, Non putarem. — " It is foolish to say, * I 

could not have thought it.' " See Nil admirari, &c. 
Stultum est in luctu capillum sibi evellere, quasi calvitio moeror 

levetur. Cic. — " It is folly to tear one's hair in sorrow, 

just as though grief could be assuaged by baldness." 
Stultum est timere quod vitdri non potest. Sye. "It is 

foolish to fear that which cannot be avoided." 
Stultus es, qui facta infecta facere verbis postUlas. Plaut. — 

" You are a fool to expect by words to make undone what 

has been done." 
Stultus es, rem actum agis. Plaut. — " You are a simpleton, 

you are doing what has been done abeady." 
Stultus labor est ineptidrum. Maet. — " The labour is fool- 
ishly thrown away that is bestowed on trifles." 
Stultus nisi quod ipse facit, nil rectum putat. — " The fool 

thinks nothing well done but what he does himself." 

Self-sufficiency is a sign of a weak mind. 
Stultus, qui, patre occ'iso, llberos relinquat. Frov. — " He is 



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a fool who kills the father and leaves the clfildren." 

Things must never be done by halves. 
Stultus semper indpit vivere. Frov.—'' The fool is always 

beginning to live." He is always putting off settled 

habits and amendment till to-morrow. 
Stylus virum arguit.—'' The style proclaims the man." 
Sua compardre commoda ex incommodis alterius. Tee. " To 

build up his own fortunes on the misfortunes of another " 
Sud confesstone hunc jugido. Cic— •" I convict him by his 

own confession." His own testimony condemns him. See 

Suo sibi, &c. 

Sua cuique deus Jit dira cupldo. Viro.--" Each one's 

ruling appetite is his god." 
Sua cuique quum sit dnmi cogitdtio, 

Colorque proprius. Ph^d. 

— " Since each man has a turn of thinking of his own and 

a tone peculiar to himself." See Quot homines, «fec.'and 

Trahit stm, &c. 

Sua cuique vita ohscHra est.--'' Every man's life is in dark- 
ness to himself." No man is a competent ludee of his 
own conduct. 

Sua cuique voluptas.^'' EYery man has his own pleasure" 
" Every man to his liking." See Trahit sua, &c. 

Sua munera mittit cum hamo. JProv.—'' He sends his pre- 
sents with a hook attached." He is angling for a return 
with interest. " He throws a sprat to catch a herring " 

^ua qmsque exempla debet cequo dntmo paii. Ph^d.— "[^ery 
one IS bound to bear patiently the consequences of his 
own example." 

Suaregina regi placet, Juno Jovi. Plaut.— " The kin? is 
pleased with his queen, Jupiter with his Juno." " Every 
Jack has his JiU." See Asinus asino, &c., Pares cum, &c , 
and iStmile gaudet, &c. 

Suam quisque homo rem memmit.--'' Every man is mindful 
of his own interests." 

Suave est ex magno tollere acervo. Hoe. "It is a 

pleasant thing to take from a great heap." Said satirically 
ot a miser who takes from an immense heap the little that 
he will venture to use. 

Suave, mari magno, turbantibus cequora ventis, 

M terrd magnum alterius spectdre labdrem. Luceet. 



SUA— SUB. 



445 



— " It is a pleasant thing from the shore to behold the 
dangers of another upon the mighty ocean, when the winds 
are lashing the main." As Eochefoucauld says, " In the 
adversity of our best friends we often find something 
which does not displease us." 
Suav'ttas sermonum atque morum haudqudquam mediocre con- 
dimentum amicUice. Cic. — " Mildness of address and man- 
ner is by no means an unimportant seasoning: to friend- 
ship." '' 

Suaviter in modo, fortUer in re. — " G-entle in manner, reso- 
lute in deed." Motto of Earl Newborough. 

Sub fine ovfinem. — " Towards the end." 

Sub hoc signo vinces. See In hoc, &c. 

Sub initio. — " Towards the beginning." 

Sub Jovefrigido. HoE. — " Under the cold sky." 

Sub Jove pars durat, pauci tentoria ponunt. Ovid. — " Some 
endure the open air, a few pitch tents." 

Sub m^rmore etiam atque auro sermtus habUat. Sen. — " Even 
under marble and golden roofs dwells slavery." Slavery 
to the dominion of vice, sorrow, and discontent. 

Sub omni lapide scorpius dormit. Prov. — "Beneath every 
stone a scorpion lies asleep." A warning to act in all 
things with caution and deliberation. 

Subpoena. Law Lat.—'' Under a penalty." The title of a 
writ issued for summoning witnesses. 

Sub rosd.—"' Under the rose." See Est rosa, &c. 

Sub silentio. — " In silence." The matter passed suh silentio — 
*. e. without any notice being taken of it, without being 
canvassed at all. 

Siib^ta amicUia raro sine poenitentid colitur. — " Sudden friend- 
ships are rarely contracted without repentance." 

Subtto crevit, fungi insta/r, in divitias maxlmas. — " He has 
suddenly started up, like a mushroom, into immense 
wealth." 

Subldtd causa tolTitur effectus. Law Max. — " The cause re- 
moved, the effect is removed." The cause removed, the 
effect must cease. See Cessante causa, &c. 

Subldtam ex ocillis qucertmus invUi. Hoe. — See Virtutem 
incolumem, &c. 

SublJmi f Priam sidera vertlce. HoE. — " I shall tower to the 
stars with exalted head." Seriously said by Horace in a 



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SUB-SUM. 



spirit of poetic rapture : but often quoted merely in bur- 
lesque. 
Substantia prior et dignior est accidente. Law Max. — " The 
substance is prior to and of more weight than the acci- 
dent." A judgment, for instance, solemnly pronounced, 
shall not be arrested for a defect in point of form. 
Succeddneum. — "A substitute." 
Successus ad perniciem multos devocat. Ph-ED. — " Success 

leads many astray to their ruin." 
Successus improborum plures alUcit. Ph^d. — " The success 

of the wicked is a temptation to many." 

Succosior est virgo qu(B serpyllum quam quce moscJium olet. — 

" The damsel is more tempting who smells of wild thyme 

than she who is scented with musk. " A mediaeval proverb. 

Succurrmdum parti maxime laboranti. Celstjs. — " "We 

should assist the part which has the most to endure." 
Sudor Anglicus. — " The English sweat." The sweating sick- 
ness was so called. 
Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non suffecerit orbis. — " This tomb 
now suffices for him, for whom the world did not suffice." 
The import of an epitaph for the tomb of Alexander the 
G-reat. 
Suggestio falsi. — " The suggestion of a falsehood." 
Sui mnans, sine rivdli.—'' A lover of himself, without a rival." 

Cicero says this of Pompey. 
Sui cuique mores Jingunt fortiinam. CoEN. Nepos. — " Every 
man's fortune is shaped by his own manners." So the 
English proverb, "Manners make the man." 
Sui generis.—'' Of its own kind." Of its own genus or class, 

as distinguished from any other. 
Sui juris. Law Term.—''' Of his own right." Not depend- 
ent on the will or control of another. 
Sum quod eris, fui quod es. — " I am what you will be, I was 
what you are." A lesson to the living on the tombs of 
the dead. 
Sume cdldmum, tempera, et scribe velddter.—" Take your pen, 
observe my words, and write quickly." The words of the 
Venerable Bede, addressed on his death-bed to his se- • 
cretary. 

Sume superbiam 

QucBs'itam mentis. ' Hoe. 



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447 



— " Assume the pride won by your deserts." 
Sumite in exemplum pecudes ratibne carentes. Ovid. — " Take 

as an example the beasts devoid of reason." 
SUmtte mdteriam vestris, qui scribUis, cequam 

Viribus, et versdte diu, quidferre recusent, 

Quid vdleant humeri. HoE. 

— .".^® ^^^ write, make choice of a subject suited to your 

abilities, and weigh in your mind what your powers are 

unable, and what they are able, to perform." 
Summa perfectio attingi non potest. Cic. — " Consummate 

perfection cannot be attained." 
Summa petit livor. OviD. — *' Envy strikes high." Envy 

takes a loffcy flight. 
Summa sedes non capit duos. Prov. — " The highest seat will 

not admit of two." See Nulla fides, &c. 
Summam nee metuas diem, nee optes. Maet. — " Neither fear 

nor wish for your last day." 
Summis ndrlbus olfdcere. Frov.^" To smell with the tip of 

the nose." To pass an opinion on a matter after a sbght 

examination only. 
Summum bonum.—"The chief good." The great object for 

which it is worth our while to live. Some philosophers 

among the ancients held pleasure to be the Summum 

bonum, others virtue. 
Summum crede nefas dmmam prceferre pudori, 

Et propter vitam vivendi perdere causas. Jirv. 

— " Consider it to be the greatest of infamy to prefer life 

to honour, and, for the sake of living, to lose the object of 

living." 

Summum jus scepe summa injuria est. Cio. — " Extreme jus- 
tice is often extreme injustice." Applied to the enforce- 
ment of legal penalties to the very letter, without having 
regard to equity or the circumstances of the case. This 
was a favourite maxim with the Emperor Justinian. See 
Jus summum, &c. 

Sumptus censum ne superet. Platjt. — " Do not let your ex- 
penses outrun your income." " Cut your coat according 
to your cloth." See Messe tenus, &c. 

Sunt bona mixta malis, sunt mala mixta bonis. — " Grood is 
mixed with evil, and evil with good." 



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Sunt bona, sunt quwdam mediocria^ sunt mala plura 

Qucs legis. Mart. 

— -" Of those wliich you will read, some are good, some 
middling, and more are bad." The character given by 
Martial of his Epigrams. 
Sunt certi denique fines ^ 



SUO— SUP. 



449 



Quos ultra citrdque nequit consistere rectum. Hob. 
— See Est modus^ <fec. 
Sunt delicta tamen, quibus ignovisse vellmus. Hoe. — " There 
are some faults, however, which we are ready to nar- 
don." ^ ^ 

Sunt ibi, si vivunt, nostra quoque cons'ita'qmndam, 

Sed non et nostra poma legenda manu. Ovid. 

— "There, too, if they are still alive, are apples, once 
planted with my hand, but not destined to be gathered by 
it." Said by Ovid, when lq banishment, of his gardens in 
the vicinity of Eome. 

Sunt Jovis omnia plena. Yieo. — " All things are full 

of Jove." See Dei plena, &c. 

Sunt lacrymcB rerum, et mentem mortdlia tangunt. ViEG. 

" Tears are due to wretchedness, and mortal woes touch 
the heart." 

Sunt plerumque regum voluntdtes vehementes, et inter se con- 
trdri(B. Tacit. — " The desires of monarchs are generally 
impetuous and inconsistent." 

Sunt qucedam vitia, qu<s nemo est quin libenter fugiat. CiC 
— " There are certain vices which every man v^ould most 
gladly avoid." 

Sunt qucedam vitiorum elementa. Jirv. — "There are 

certain first elements of vice." See Nemo repents, &c. 

Sunt superis sua jura. Ovid. — " The gods of heaven 

have their own laws." Often quoted to show that even 
the highest powers are subject to certain laws. 

Sunt tamen inter se communia sacra poetis ; 

Biversum quamvis quisque seqU'dmur iter. Ovid. 
— " Yet with poets there are certain common ties ; al- 
though we each pursue our respective path." 

Sunt verba et voces, quibus hunc lenlre dolurem 

I^ossis, et magnam morbi deponere partem. Hoe. 

— " There are words and maxims, by which you may miti- 



gate your pain, and in a great measure overcome the 
disease." See Fervet avaritid, &c. 
Suo jumento malum accersere. Prov. — '* To fetch mischief 
upon one's own beast." To bring misfortunes upon one's 
self. 

Suo Marte. — " By his own prowess." He performed it suo 

Marte, — by his own skill and ability. 
Suo sibi gladio hunc jngulo. Tee. — " With his own sword 
do I stab this man." I defeat him with his own weapons ; 
by his own arguments. See Sua confessione, &c. 

Suos llberos negHgit, et ad ebrum arbUrium Ubldlnemque vivere 
sinit. Cic. — " He neglects his children, and lets them live 
according to their own will and pleasure." 

Super subjectam materiam. Law Phrase. — " Upon the matter 
submitted." A solicitor is not responsible for his acts 
when founded super subjectam materiam, i. e. on the state- 
ment submitted to him by his client, which has turned out 
to be false. 

Superanda omnis fortuna ferendo est. YiEG. — See 

Quicquid erit, &c. 

Siiperat quoniam fortfma, sequdmur ; 

Quoque vocat vertdmus iter. Vieg. 

— " Since fortune compels us, let us foUow ; and whither 
she calls, let us direct our course." 

Superbi homines in convlviis stulti sunt. — "Proud men in 
their cups become fools." Wine, like death, is a leveller 
of distinctions. 

Supersedeas. Law Lat. — " You may supersede." You may 
set aside or annul. The title of a writ to stay proceed- 
ings in any case. 

Supersfitio, in qua inest indnis timor Dei ; religio qucs Dei 
cultu pio continetur. Cic. — " Superstition is a senseless 
fear of God ; religion, the pious worship of God." 

Supparasitdri amico. Plaut.— " To toady one's friend." 

Suppressio vert. — " A suppression of the truth." The with- 
holding, or telling a part only of, the truth. See Suggestio 
falsi. 

Supremum vale. — "A last farewell." 

Supremumque vale 

Vix dixit. Ovid. 

— " And hardly could he bid the last farewell." 

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4 



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Surdo fdhulam narras. — " You tell your story to a deaf 
man ; " — to one who does not listen to you. 

Surgit aindri aViquid. LuCE. — " Something bitter 

arises." See Medio de, &c. 

Sursum cor da. — " Lift up your hearts." Lament, iii. 41. 

8u8 erat in pretio. Ovid.—" Pigs were in request.'* 

Sus Minervam. JProv. — " A pig (teaching) Minerva." 

Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus des- 
tinaretur. Tacit. — " He who is the next heir is always sus- 
pected and hated by those who hold the supreme power." 

Suspenddiur per collum. Law Lat.^'' Let him be hanged 
by the neck." The judge's order for the execution of a 
criminal, usually written Sus. per coll. 

Suspensos pedes ponere. Quint. — " To walk on tiptoe." 

Sustme et abstme. — " Bear and forbear." A maxim of Epic- 
tetus. 

Susfineas ut onus^ nitendum vertlce pleno est ; 

Atjlecti nervos sipatidre, cadet. Ovid. 

— " To sustain a burden, you must strive with the head 
fully erect ; should you sufter the muscles to bend, it 
will fall." 

Suum cuique. — " His own to every one." Let each have his 
own. 

Suum cuique decus postMtas rependet. — " Posterity will give 

to every man his due." 
Suum cuique incommodumferendum est.potius quam de alterius 

commodis detrahendum. Cic. — " Every man should bear " 

his own grievances, rather than abridge the comforts of 

another." 

Suum cuique pulcJirum. Prov. — " Every man's own is beauti- 
ful." '* Every man thinks his own geese swans." See 
Quisquis amat, &c. 

Suum cuique trihuere, ea demum summa justitia est. Cic. — 
" To give to every man his due, that in fact is supreme 
justice." 

Suus cuique mos. Ter.— " Every man has his way." 

Sylosontis chlamys. Prov.—'' The scarf of Sylosdn." Sylo- 
son gave to king Darius a rich scarf or mantle, and in re- 
turn received the sovereignty of Samos. Hence, this 
term was applied to the gifts of those who " Throw a sprat 
to catch a herring." 



STL— TAG. 

■Sylvas inter reptdre salUhres, 



451 



Curantem quicquid dignum sapiente honoque est. Hon. 
— " To stroll among the healthful groves, meditating on 
whatever is worthy of the wise and the good." 



T. 



■Tdbesne cadaver a solvat, 



An rogus, haud refert. Lucan. 

— " Whether corruption dissolve the carcase, or whether 
the funeral pile, it matters not." 

Tabula in naufragio. — "A plank in a shipwreck." A last 
resource. The benefit secured by a posterior mortgagee 
by getting in an outstanding term, and thus gaining pre- 
cedence over a prior mortgagee. A phrase used till re- 
cently in the courts of Equity. 

Tabula rasa. — "A smoothed" or "planed tablet." This 
expression is used by metaphysicians to indicate the state 
ofthe human mind before it has received any impressions. 
The ancients used tablets covered with wax, on which 
they wrote with an iron instrument called a stylus, one 
end of which was broad and flat, for obliterating what had 
been written by smoothing the wax. Hence the expres- 
sion. 

Tacent, satis laudant. Tee, — "In being silent, they give 
sufficient praise.'* The silence of the censorious may be 
considered as so much praise. 

Tadta bona est mulier semper quam loquens. Plaut. — " A 
silent woman is always better than a talkative one." 

Tacitce magis et occulta inimlcitice timendce sunt, quam indictee 
et opertce. Cic. — " Enmity unavowed and concealed is 
more to be feared than when open and declared." 

TacUum vivit sub pectore vulnus. Vieg. — " The secret 

wound still lives within his breast." The sense of in- 
jury still remains. 

-Tadtus pasci si corvus posset, Jiaberei 



Plus dapis, et rixce multo minu^ invidiceque. HoE. 
— " If the crow could have only fed in silence, he would 
have had more to eat, and much less contention and envy." 
In allusion to the Fable of the Fox and the Crow. 

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452 T^D— TAM. 

Tcedet coeli convexa tueri. ViRO. — "I am wearv of 

looking upon the canopy of heaven." 

Tcedium vita. — " Weariness of life." Ennui. The state 
of the man who has had every desire gratified, but who 
can satisfy none. 

Tale tuum carmen nobis^ d'mne poeta, 

Quale sapor fessis. Yieo. 

— " Thy song is to us, divine poet, as sleep to the weary." 
These words are sometimes used sarcastically in reference 
to poets whose lines " remind one, not in vain, of sleep." 

Tales sunt hominum mentes, quali pater ipse 
Jup1,ter auctiferd lustravit lumine terras. 
---" The minds of men are according as father Jupiter shed 
light upon various lands with his fertilizing light." A 
translation by Cicero from Homer's Odyssey, B. xviii. 11. 
135, 136 ; quoted by St. Augustin. 

Tarn consentierMhus mihi senslhus nemo est in ierris. Cic. 

" There is not a man in the w^orld whose sentiments so 
perfectly agree with my own." 

Tarn deest avdro quod hahet, quam quod non kabet. Ste. — 
"The miser is as much in want of that w^hich he pos- 
sesses as of that which he does not possess." Because he 
has not the courage to make use of it. 

Tamjicti prav/que tenax quam nuncia veri. Virg. ".As 

ready to propagate falsehood and calumny, as to proclaim 
tte truth." 

Tamfrictum ego ilium reddam, quamfrictum est cicer. Platjt. 
— " I '11 have him parched as \vell as ever pea was parch- 

Tarn Marte quam Minerva. Prov. — " As much by Mars as 
by Minerva." As much by courage as by wisdom. 

Tarn Marti quam Mercurio. — "As much for Mars as for 
Mercury." Equally qualified for war and for diplomacy. 

Tarn scepe nostrum declpi Fahullum, quid 

Mirdris, Aule ? Semper bonus homo tiro est. Mart. 

— " Why wonder, Aulas, that our friend Tabullus is so 

often deceived ? The virtuous man is always a novice." 

Tamen cantdbltis. Arcades, inquit, 

Montlbus h<Bc vestris : soli cantdre per'iti 

Arcades. mihi tum quam molUter ossa quiescant, 

Vestra meos olim sijistula dicat ambres ! Vieo. 



TAM— TAN. . 



453 



— " And yet you. Arcadians, will sing these woes of mine 
upon your hills, — Arcadians, alone skilled in song. Oh ! 
how softly will my bones repose, if your pipe in times to 
come shall sing my loves ! " 
— Tamen me 



Cum magnis vixisse invita Jhtebtfur usque 

Invidia. HoE. 

— " Nevertheless, even envy, however unwilling, will have 
to admit that I have lived among the great." 

Tandem pociilum moeroris exhausit. Cic. — " He has exhausted 
at last the cup of grief." He has drained the cup of sor- 
row to the very dregs. 

Tangere ulcu^. Tee. — " To touch a sore." To reopen a 
wound. Figuratively, to renew one's grief. 

TanqvAim ArgJvum clyppum abstnlerit, ita gloridtur. — " He 
boasts as though he had gained an Argive shield." Both 
among the Greeks and Eomans it was considered dis- 
graceful to lose the shield in battle, and equally meritori- 
ous to gain one. See JRelictd non bene, &c. 

Tanquam in speculum. — "As though in a mirror." A the- 
atrical motto. 

Tanquam nobtlis. — " As though noble." Noble by courtesy. 

Tanquam ungues dtgltosque suos. Prov. — " As well as his 
own nails and fingers." He knows the matter as well as 
if it were "at his fingers' ends." 

Tanta est discordia fratrum. Ovid. — " So great is the 

discord of brothers." The quarrels of kinsmen are gener- 
ally the most inveterate. See Acerrima proximorum, &c. 
■Tanta est qucerendi cura decoris. Juv. — " So great is 



their care in seeking to adorn their persons." 
Tanta vis probitdtis est ut earn vel in iis, quos nunquam vidi- 
muSj velj quod magis est, in hoste etiam diligdmus. CiC. — 
" There is so great a power in honesty, that we love it 
even in those w^hom we have never seen, or, what is still 



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more, m an enemy even. 

— Tantcene anwiis coelestlbus ires? ViRG. — "Can such 



wrath exist in heavenly minds ? " 
Tantalus a labris sttiens fugientia capiat 
Flumrna. 



Hoe. 



— " Tantalus, athirst, catches at the water which recedes 
from his lips." 



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TJlN. 



Tanti eris aliis, quanti tihi fueris. Cic— " Ton will be of 

as much value to others as you are to yourself." 
Tanti est quanti est fungus pMdus. Plaut. — " He is worth 

just as much as a rotten mushroom." 
Tanti quantum habeas sis. — " You will be valued at what you 

are worth." 
Tanto hdminijldus, tantae virtiltis amdtor, — " Faithful to such 

a man, a lover of virtue so great." 
Tanto in moerore jacet, ut ah illo recredri nullo mode possit. 
Cic. — "He is 80 prostrated by excessive grief, that he 
cannot, by any effort, be diverted from it." 
' Tanto major fam<B sitis est, quam 

Virtutis. Juv. 

— " So much greater is the thirst for fame than for virtue." 
See Quis enim^ &c. 
Tantum bona valent, quantum vendi possunt. Coke. — " Things 
are worth just as much as they will sell for." " The worth 
of a thing is what it will bring." 
Tantum cibi et potionis adhibendum est, ut reficiantur vires, 
non ut opprimantur. Cic. — "Just so much meat and 
drink should be used as to re'invigorate our powers, not to 
oppress them." 
Tantum de medio sumptis accedit honoris. HoR. — " So much 
honour is due to subjects taken from middle life." The 
poet alhides to theatrical representations, the subject of 
which is drawn from those common occurrences which in- 
terest every one, and find sympathy in the breast of all 
below the rank of kings and heroes. 
Tantum inter densas, umbrosa cacumina, fagos 
AssUue veniebat ; ibi hcec incondita solus 
MontWus et sylvis studio j act dbat indni. Viro. 
--" Only among the dense beeches, lofty and umbrageous, 
did he constantly come ; there in solitude with unavailing 
fondness did he utter to the mountains and woods these 
untutored lines." 
Tantum magna suo debet Verona Catullo, 

Quantum parva suo Mantua VirgUio. Mart. 
— " As much does great Verona owe to her Catullus, as 
little Mantua is indebted to her Virgil." 
Tantum quantum. — " Just as much as." 
Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum. LucR. — " To deeds 



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455 



BO dreadful could religion prompt." Said with reference 
to the sacrifice of Iphigenia by her father Agamemnon. 
See Quantum religio, &c. 

Tantum se fortunce permittunt, etiam ut naturam dediscant. 
Quint. Curt. — " They so entirely devote themselves to 
the pursuit of fortune, that their very nature is changed." 

Tantum series junctur a que pollet. HoR. — " Of such con- 
sequence are system and connexion." Two indispensable 
features in a book which proposes to treat of one subject. 
■Tantumne ab re tud est otii tibi, 



Aliena ut cures, edque nihil quw ad te attment ? Ter. 
— " Have you so much leisure from your own affairs, that 
you can attend to those of others, those which don't con- 
cern you? " This passage is followed by the famous one, 
" JELomo sum^"* &c., which see. 

Tantus amor florum, et generandi gloria mellis. YiRG. — 
" Such is their love of flowers, and their pride in producing 
honey." In allusion to the habits of bees. 

Tantum amor laudum, tantw est victoria curce. ViRG. — " Such 
is the love of praise, so great the desire for victory." 

Tarda sit ilia dies, et nostro serior cevo. Ovid. — " May that 
day be slow to come, and deferred beyond our times ! " 
A wish expressed for the prolongation of the life of Au- 
gustus. 

Tarda solet magnis rebus inesse fides. Ovid. — " Confidence 
is wont to be slowly given to great undertakings." Look 
for instance at the ridicule which was showered on Winser, 
who first proposed to light the streets with gas. 

Tarda venit dictis difficUisque fides. Ovid. — " Credence is 
given to his words tardily and with difficulty." 

Tarde benefi^ere nolle est ; vel tarde velle nolentis est. Sen. 
— " To be slow in conferring a favour is to grudge it ; even 
to be slow in consenting is to seem to grudge it." 

Tarde, qtus credita Icedunty 

Credimus. OvTD. 



— " "We are slow to believe what, if believed, would cause 

us sorrow." " The wish is father to the thought." 

— Tardo amlco nihil est quicquam inlquiu^. Plaut. — 



" There is nothing more vexing than a tardy friend." See 
Gratia ab, &c. 
Taurum toilet qui vitulum sustiilerit. I*rov, — " He who has 



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carried the calf will be able to carry the ox." The force 

of habit or custom. 
Te Deum lauddmus.—"We praise thee, O God." The be- 

ginning of the Doiology, or hymn of St. Ambrose. 
Te putat ille sued captum nidore cullncB ; 

Nee male conjectat. Zxry. 

--" He looks upon you as captivated by the savoury smell 

from his kitchen. Nor does he conjecture amiss." 
Tequepidcula nulla resolvent. Hoe.—" No atonement will 

absolve you." 

Te sine, nil altum mens inchoat. Virg. " Without 

thy aid, my mind can compass nothing great." 
Te veniente die, te decedente camhat. Virg.—" Thee did he 

smg as day approached, thee as it departed." A punster 

has thus rendered it : 

" At morning he sang the praises of tea. 
The praises of tea too at ev'ning sang he." 
Tecum hahUa. Pers.— " Live with yourself." " Keep within 

compass." Don't exceed your means. 
Tecum v'vere amein, tecum abeam lihens. HoR.— "With 

thee^ I could wish to live, with thee I could cheerfully 

Teg men direpta leoni 

Pellis erat. Oyid. 

—"A skin stripped from the lion was his covering." 

Teipsum non alens, canes alis. Proi;.—" Unable to keep 
yourself, you are keeping dogs." Said to a needy person 
wbo tinds money to spend on superfluities. 

TeUphus et Peleus, cum pauper et exul uterque, 
:Prdjicit ampullas, et sesquipeddlia verba, 
Si curat cor spectantis tetigisse querela. Hor. 
— " Telephus and Peleus, when they are both in poverty 
and exile, lay aside their bombastic expressions and thei'r 
words half a yard long, when it is their object to move the 
Heart ot their hearers by their complaint." 

—Telum imbelle sine ictu. Virg.—" A feeble dart, de- 
void of force." Applied figuratively to a weak and value- 
less argument. 

Temeritas est florentis cetdtis, prudentia senescentis. Cic — 

Kashness belongs to vigorous youth, prudence to old 
age. '^ 



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Temeritas nunquam cum prudentia commiscetur. CiC. — 
" Eashness is never united with prudence." 

Temperantia est rationis in libidmem atque in alios non rectos 
impetus animijirma et moderdta domindtio. Cic. — " Tem- 
perance is the firm and temperate dominion of reason over 
our passions and the other unlawful impulses of the 
mind." 

Temperantia sedat appetitiones et efflcit ut Jice rectcs rationi 
pdreant. Cic. — "Temperance allays the appetites and 
makes them obedient to reason." 

Temperdtce suaves sunt argutuE, 

ImmodiccB offendunt. Ph^d. 

— " Witticisms well-timed are pleasing ; out of place they 
disgust." 

Tempest as mindtur antequam surgat. 

Crepant cediftcia antequam corruant. Sen. 
— "The tempest threatens before it bursts upon us. 
Houses creak before they fall." As Campbell says, 
" Coming events cast their shadows before." 

Tempestdte contentionis, serenltas caritdtis obumbrdtur. — 
" Amid the storms of contention the serenity of Christian 
charity is obscured." 

Templa quam dilecta ! — " Temples, how beloved ! " From 
Psalm Ixxxiv. 1. Motto of the Duke of Buckingham. A 
pun on the family name. Temple. 

Tempora labuntur, tdcltisque senescmus annis ; 
Et fugiunt frceno non remorante dies. Ovid. 
— " Time glides on, and with noiseless years we reach old 
age ; the days flee away with no rein to check them." 

Tempora mutantur, nos et mutdmur in illis. — " Times change, 
and we change with them." See Omnia mutantur, &c. 

Tempora si fuerint nublla, solus eris. Ovid. — See Donee 
eris, &c. 

Tempora sic Jvgiunt partter, pdrlterque sequuntur, 

Et nova sunt semper. Nam quodfuit ante, relictum est ; 
Fitque quod haudfuerat ; momentaque cuncta novantur. 

Ovid. 
— "Thus do the moments ever fly on, and ever follow^ 
and are for ever renewed. For the moment which was 
before is past, and that which was not. is now ; every mo- 
ment is replaced by another." 



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Tempore crevit amor, qui nunc est summuSy Tidbendi ; 

Vix ultra, quo jam progredidtur, hahet. OviD. 

— " With time increased that love of acquiring which is 
now at its height ; and hardly is there a further point to 
which it can proceed." 

Tempore ducetur longo fortasse cicatrix ; 

Horrent admotas vulnPra cruda manus. OviD. 
— " A wound may, perhaps, in course of time be closed ; 
but, when fresh, it shudders at the approach of the hand." 
Applicable also to the wounds of the heart. 

Tempore fillci multi numerantur amid; 

Si fortuna perit, nullus amicus erit. Otid. 

— " In happy times we reckon many friends ; if fortune 

fails, no friend will be left." See Ubi opes, &c. 

Tempori parendum. — " We must go with the times." A fa- 
vourite maxim of the Emperor Theodosius II. 

Temporis ars mediclna fere est. Ovin. — " The healing 

art is mostly a work of time." 

Temporis illius colui favlque poetas. OviD. — " I have hon- 
oured and cherished the poets of those days." 

Tempus ab'ire tibi est, ne 

M'ldeat et pulse t lasc'iva decentius cetas. Hob. 
— " It is time for you to be gone, lest that age, which 
plays the wanton with more propriety, should ridicule and 
drive you oflf the stage." Addressed to an aged sensualist. 
See Lusisti satis, &c. 

Tempus ariima rei. — " Time is the soul of business." 

Tempus edax rerum. Hob. — " Time, the devourer of all 

things." 

Tempus erit, quo vos speculum vidisse pigebit. Ovid. — " The 
time wiU come when you will look in your mirror with 
regret." 

Tempus est qucedam pars ceternitdtis. Cic. — " Time is a cer- 
tain part of eternity." Moments constitute eternity. 

Tempus fugit. — " Time flies." 

Tempus omnia revelat. — " Time reveals all things." 

Tendon Ac killis.— ''The tendon of Achilles." The tendon 
which passes from the muscle of the calf to the heel. The 
fable was that Achilles was held by his mother Thetis by 
this part, when she dipped him in the river Styx, to ren- 
der him invulnerable in the other parts of his body. 



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459 



— Teneros dnimos aliena opprdbria sape 

Absterrent vitiis. Hob. 

— " The disgrace of others often deters tender minds from 
vice." 
— Tenet insdndhile multos 

Scribendi cacoethes. Jirv. 

— " An incurable itch for writing possesses many." 
— Tentenda via est qua me quoque possim 
Tollere humo, victorque viriim volitdre per ora. Yibg. 
— " I too must attempt a way by which I may raise my- 
self from the ground, and triumphantly hover about the 
lips of men." 
•Teres atque rotundus. Hoe. — "A man polished and 



round." See Quisnam igitur, &c. 
Terra antique, potens armis atque tibere glebcB. Yibg. — " An 

ancient land, powerful in arms and in the richness of the 

soil." Said with reference to ancient Italy. 
Terra Jirma. — "Dry land," in contra-distinction to sea. 
Terra incognita. — " An unknown land." When a man goes, 

as we say, " out of his depth," he is said to venture on a 

" terra incognita.''^ 
Terra malos homines nunc ediicat, atque pusillos. Jut. — 

" The earth now supports many bad and weak men." The 

complaint of every age. 
Terra salUflferas herbas, eddemque nocentes 

Nutrit, et urt'icce proxima scppe rosa est. Ovid. 

— "The earth produces both wholesome and deleterious 

plants, and the rose is often close to the nettle." 
TerrcB fllius. — " A son of the earth." An Oxford student, 

who in former times was apppointed to recite a satirical 

poem at the University Acts, was so called. A satirical 

work against the Jacobite tendencies of that university, by 

Nicholas Amhurst, (London, 1726,) bears this name. 
TerrcB 

Pingue solum primis extemplo e mensXbus anni 

Fortes invertant tauri. Vibo. 

— " Let your stout oxen turn up the rich soil from the 

very earliest months of the year." 
Terram coelo miscent. — "They mingle heaven and earth." 

They create utter confusion. 



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TEE— TIB. 



Terret, lustrat, apt. Proserpfna, Luna, Diana. 
Ima, Suprema, Feras. Sceptro, Fulgore, Sagiftd. 
— In reading these lines, which express the triple charac- 
ters and attributes of Diana, we must take each word in 
conjunction with the third that follows. It will then read 
thus — 

Terret Proserpina ima sceptro, 
Lustrat Luna suprema fulgore. 
Agit Diana feras sagittd. 
" Proserpine terrifies the realms below with her sceptre. 
Luna illumines the realms above with her splendour. 
Diana chases the wild beasts with her arrows." 
Tertium quid. — "A third something." Produced by the 
union or collision of two opposite forces. 

Tertius e coelo cMdit Cato. Juv.— " A third Cato has 

dropt from heaven !" Sometimes used ironically. 

Tetrum ante omnia vultum. Juv. — " A countenance 



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461 



hideous beyond conception." 

Thesaurus carhones erant. Prov. — " The treasure turned out 
charcoal." Said of speculations which end in loss. Amonn- 
the ancients charcoal was strewed in the trench which 
was made as the dividing line between the fields of differ- 
ent owners. This, when covered up, would serve to show 
the boundaries for ages. 

Thesed pectora juncta fide. Ovid. — " Hearts united in 

a Thesean attachment." In allusion to the friendship be- 
tween Theseus and Pirithous, king of the Lapithse. 

Thus auVicum. Prov. — " Court incense." The flatteries and 
promises of courtiers. 

Tibi adversus me non competit h(sc actio. Law Phrase. — ** Tou 
have no right of action against me in this matter." A 
legal plea, by the defendant, in exception. 

IHhi nullum per'iculum esse persptcio, quod quidem sejunctum 
sit ah omnium intPrltu. Cic— " I can see no danger to 
which you are exposed, apart from that which threatens 
the destruction of us all." 



'Tihi, ^ui turpi secernis honestum. Hob. — " To thee who 



can distinguish right from wrong.' 
'Tibi, Tantdle, nulled 



Deprenduntur aquce, quceque immmet ejugit arhos. Ovid. 



— "By thee, Tantalus, no waters are reached, and the 

tree which overhangs thee starts away." See Tantalus 

a, &c. 
Tibi tanto sumptui esse, mihi molestum est. Plaut. — " It 

gives me concern to put you to such expense." 
Tigndis evita sodalitdtem. Prov. — "Shun the companionship 

of the tiger." 
Tigris agit rabidd cum tJgrtde pacem' 

Perpf'tuam, scevis inter se convmit ursis. Juv. 

— " The ferocious tiger always agrees with his fellow, the 

bear consorts with the bear." 
■Timeo Ddndos, et dona fcrentes. Vibg. — " I fear the 



Greeks, even when they bring presents." Kindness 

proffered by an enemy is to be suspected. 
Timidi est optdre necem. — " It is the act of a coward to wish 

for death." " Cowards haste to die, the brave live on." 
Timidi mater non flet. Prov. — " The mother of the coward 

does not weep." Because he will take care to keep out 

of danger. 
Timidi nunquam statuerunf trophceum. Prov. — " The timid 

never erected a trophy." Similar to our saying, "Paint 

heart never won fair lady." 
Timidus Plutus. Prov. — " Plutus is full of fears." Biches 

are a cause of anxietv. 
Timidus se vocat cautum, parcum sordldus. Stb. — "The 

coward calls himself cautious, the miser thrifty." We 

palliate our faults by glossing them with the names of the 

neighbouring virtues. 
Timor unus erat ; fades non una timoris. Ovid. — 

" Their fear was the same ; but not so the symptoms of 

their fear." 
ToUejocos — non estjocus esse malignum. — "Away with such 

jokes, there is no joke in being spiteful." A warning 

against ill-natured sarcasms. See Sint sales, &c. 
Tolle m^ras, semper nocuit differre pardtis. LuCAN. — " Away 

with delay," &c. See Semper nocuit, &c. 
Tolle periclum. 

Jam vaga prosiliet frcenis natura remotis. Hob. 

— " Take away the danger, and vagrant nature will soon 

leap beyond bounds, when restraints are removed.'* 
Tollenti onus auxilidre^ deponenti nequdquam. Prov. — " As- 



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TOL— TOT. 



sist him who is ready to carry the burden, not him who 
declines it.'* 
Tollere nddosam nescit mediclna podagram. Ovid. — " Medi- 
cine knows not how to cure the nodous gout." 
Tollimur in caelum curvdto gurgUe, et idem 

Subductd ad Manes imos descendmus undd. ViEG. 
— "We are raised to the skies on the swelling wave, and 
again, by its subsiding, descend to the lowest depths of 
the abyss." 

Tolluntur in altum 

Ut lapsu graviore ruant. Claud. 

--" They are raised aloft, that they may fall with a more 
signal ruin." See CeUce graviore, &c. 

Torqueat hunc ceris mUtua summa sui. Oytd. — " Let the 
borrowed sum of money be his torment." 

Torquet ah ohscoenis jam nunc sermonihus aurem; 
Mox etiam pectus prceceptis format amlcisy 
Asperitdtis et invidice corrector et irce. Hob. 

— " The poet keeps from the child's ear all obscene dis- 
course ; and then in time he forms his heart with friendly 
precepts, the corrector of his rudeness, envy, and passion." 

Torrens dicendi copia multis, 

Et sua mortlfera est facundia. Juv. 

— " To many the copious fluency of speech and their very 
eloquence is fatal." It was so with Cicero. 

Tot capita, tot sensus. Tee. — " So many heads, so many 
ideas." " So many men, so many minds." 

Tot pdrlter pelves, tot tintinndhula dicas 

Pulsdri. Juv. 

— " You would say that so many basons were being beaten, 
so many bells ringing at once." 

Tot tantisque rehus urgemur et premlmur, ut nullam allevia- 

iionem quisquam non stultissmus sperdre deheat. Cic. 

" We are embarrassed and overwhelmed by so many and 
weighty matters, that no man, who is not the greatest 
fool, can hope for any remission." 

Tota hujus mundi concordia ex discordiis constat. Sen. — 
"The whole concord of this world consists in discords." 

Totajacet Babylon ; destruxit tecta Lutherus, 
Calvlnus mtiros, sed funddmenta Socmus. 
— " All Babylon lies prostrate j Luther destroyed the roof, 



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463 



Calvin the walls, but Socinus the foundations." A So- 
cinian boast, on the disasters brought on the E.omish 
Church by the Beformation. 

Totidem verbis. — " Ln. so many words." He expressed him- 
self totidem verbis — in just so many words as I have used, 
and no more. 

Toties qubties. Law Term. — " As often, so often." As often 
as the offence is committed, so often will the penalty be 
enforced. Also applied to a lease, granted by a lessee 
who derives immediately from a bishop, to a second lessee, 
in which the first binds himself to renew to his sub-lessee 
as often as the bishop shall renew to him. This is called 
a Toties quoties lease. 

Totis diebus, Afer, Jicec mihi narras, 

Mt teneo melius ista, quam meum nomen. Maet. 

— " You are telling me this, Afer, every day, and I know 

these things better than I do my own name." 

Totius autem injustitics nulla capitdlior est, quam eorum qui 
quum maxme fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur. 
Cic. — " But of all injustice, there is none more heinous 
than the acts of those who, when they most deceive us, 
act so as to be taken for good men." 

Toto coelo. — " By the whole heavens." As widely as the ex- 
tent of the heavens. Signifying the greatest possible dif- 
ference. 

Totum mundum agit Jiistrio. — " The player appears in every 
character." 

Totus in toto, et totus in qudlibet parte. — " Whole in its en- 
tirety, and whole in every part." The definition given by 
the ancient schoolmen of the human mind. 

Totu^ mundus agit histrionem. — " All the world acts the 
player." "All the world's a stage, and all the men and 
women merely players." — Shaksp. 

Tradittis, non victus. — Betrayed, not conquered." 

Trahit homines suis illecebris ad verum decus virtus. CiC. — 
"Virtue by her charms allures man to true honour." 

Trahit ipse furoris 
Impetus, et visum est lenti qucestsse nocentem. Lucan. 
— "The violence of their rage hurries them on, and to 
inquire who is guilty seems to them a w^aste of time." 
Applied to those who in the moment of fanatical or civic 



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frenzy are ready to slaughter all supposed foes who com© 

in their reach. Witness the Massacre of St. Bartholomew, 

and the first French Revolution. 
Trahit sua quemque voluptas. YiEG. — "Each man is 

led by his own tastes.'* 
Transeat in exemplum. — " Let it stand as an example." Let 

it pass into a precedent. 
Trepide concursans, occupdta in otio. Phjed. — "Hurriedly 

running to and fro, busily engaged in idleness." 
Tres mihi convives prope dissentlre videntur, 

Poscentes vario multum diversa paldto. 

Quid dem ? Quid non dem ? HoE. 

— " Three guests can scarcely be found to agree, requiring 

very different dishes with varying palates. What shall I 

give them ? what shall I not give ?" 
jTWa juncta in uno. — " Three joined in one." Sometimes 

applied to the Trinity, but more frequently to a political 

coalition. 
Tna sunt quce prcestdre debet orator, ut doceat, moveat, delectef. 

QuiNTiLL.—" There are three things which an orator should 

excel in, — instructing, moving, and pleasing." 
Tribus Anficyris caput insandblle. Hob. — "A 

head incurable by the three Anticyrae even." The three 

places known by this name were famous for the growth 

of hellebore, which was used for the cure of melancholy 

madness. 

Trindcria quondam 



ItdlicB pars unafuit, sed pontus et cestus 

Mutavere situm. Claud. 

— " Trinacria was once a part of Italy, but the sea and the 
tides have changed its state." In allusion to a tradition 
that Sicily (called Trinacria from its three comers) was 
once a part of Italy. 

Trinoda necessUas. — "A threefold necessity." A threefold 
tax among the Saxons was so called ; being levied for the 
repair of bridges, the maintenance of garrisons, and the 
repelling of invaders. No person was exempted from it. 

Triste lupus stdbiilis, mdtur is frii gibus imbreSy 

Arboribus ventiy nobis AmarylUdu ircp. Yieg. 

--" The wolf is fatal to the flocks, showers to ripened corn, 

winds to the trees, the wrath of Amaryllis to me." 



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465 



■Tristia moestum 



Vultum verba decent, irdtum plena mindrum. Hoe. 

— " Grave words befit a sorrowful countenance, those full 

of menace an angry one." 
Tristis eris, si solus eris. Ovid. — " Tou will be sad if 

you are alone." 
Trojafuit. Lucan. — "Troy was." Aptly applied to one 

fallen from his high estate. See Fuit Ilium, 
Tros Tyriusve mihi nullo discrimine agetur. Yieg. — " Trojan 

or Ty^i^^j ^^ shall make no difference to me." 
Truddtur dies die. Hoe. — " One day treads on the heels of 

another." 
Trux tactu herba. — " A herb rough to be handled." 
Tu autem. — " But thou." A hint to a person to leave off or 

be gone. The words " Tu autem, Domine, miserere nostri,'' 

("But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us,") were used 

by the preacher at the end of his discourse, and hence 

were considered as a notice that service was concluded. 
Tu die mecum quo pignore certes. Yieg. — "Tell me 

for what stake you will contend." Say what you will 

bet. 
Tu doces. — "Thou tea-chest." A punning motto, said to 

have been placed by a facetious Cantab on his tea-caddy. 
Tu, dum tua navis in alto est. 

Hoc age ne mutdta retrorsum teferat aura. Hoe. 

— "Do you, while your bark is on the sea, be on your 

guard, lest a changing breeze bear you back again." 
•Tu falldci nimium ne crede lucernes. Ovid. — " Do not 



trust too much to the deceiving lamp." In judging of 

female beauty. 
Tu fortis sis ammo, et tua m^derdtio, constantia, eorum in- 
fdmet injUriam. Cic. — " Do you be resolute in mind, and 

your patient and firm endurance will stamp with infamy 

the injuries they have inflicted on you." 
Tu mihi magnus Apollo. Yieg. — (Slightly altered.) 

"Thou [shalt be] my great Apollo." Tou shall be my 

oracle. 

Tu mihi solus eras. Ovid. — " Tou were my only one." 



Said by a mother on losing her only child 
Tu ne qiussieris, scire nefas, quern mihi, quem tibij 

2 H 



4G6 



TU. 



Finem Di dederinf, Leuconoe, nee Bahylonios 
Tentdris numeros. 



Hoe. 



— " Do not inquire, Leuconoe, for we are not permitted 
to know, how long a term of life the gods have granted to 
you, or to me ; neither consult the Chaldsean tables." — 
The tables of the judicial astrologers. 

Ta pol si saj)is, quod scis nescis. Ter. — " You, by Jove, if 
you are wise, do not know what you do know." You 
will hold your tongue about it. 

Tu pueros somno fraudas, tradisque magistris ; 

TJt suheant tenerce verhPra scpva manus. Ovid. 

— " *Tis thou who dost defraud boys of their sleep, and 

dost hand them over to their masters, that their tender 

hands may suffer the cruel stripes." An address to the 

morning. 

Tu, quamcunque Deus tibi fortundvPrit Tioram, 
Grata sume manu ; nee dulcia differ in annum, 
Tit quocunque loco fueris, vixisse lihenter 

Te dica^. HoR. 

— " Whatever happy E\oments God may have granted 
you, receive them with a thankful hand, and defer not the 
comforts of life to another year ; that, in whatever place 
you are, you may say you have lived with satisfaction." 

Tu quid ego, et populus mecum, desidPret, audi. HoR. — 
" Hear what I, and the public too, desire." Addressed to 
dramatic writers, who ought to consult the taste of the 
public. 

Tu quidem ex ore orationem mihi ertpis. Plaut. — "You 
really are taking the words out of my mouth." 

Tu quoque. — "You too." A retort in the same words is 
called a Tu quoque. "You're another." 

Tu quoque, Brute ! — "You too, Brutus ! " The expression 
used by Julius Caesar on seeing his supposed friend, 
Brutus, in the number of his assassins. It is sometimes 
represented as " Et tu, Brute ! " 

Tu quoque ne propPra ; melius tuafilia nuhet. Ovid. — " Be 
not in haste : your daughter will make a better match." 

Tu recte vivis, si euros esse quod audis. HoR. — " You live 
well if you make it your care to be what you seem." 

Tu semper ora, Tu protege. Tuque lahora. — " Do you always 
pray for the rest, do you protect the rest, and do you 



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467 



labour for the rest." Quoted by Bacon, as illustrative of 
the grounds of tenure by frank almoigne, knight-service, 
and socage. 

Tu si animum vicisti, potius quam animus te, est quod gaudea^. 
Plaut. — " If you have conquered your inclination, rather 
than your inclination you, there is something for you to 
rejoice at." 

Tua ratio existimetur acuta, meum consilium necessdrium. 
Cic. — "Your judgment may be considered acute, yet 
my advice may be necessary." 

Tua res agUur, paries cum proximus ardet. HoR. — 

*' Your own property is at stake, when your neighbour's 
house is on fire." See Broximus a, &c., and Broximus 
ardet, &c. 

Tui ohservantissmus. — " Yours most obediently." 

Turn comix plena pluviam vocat improha voce, 

Et sola in sicca secum spatidtur arena. ViRG. 

— " Then the prating crow, with loud note, invites the 
rain, and solitary stalks by herself on the dry sand." One 
of the symptoms of rain mentioned by Virgil. 

Turn deny que homhies 7iostra intelliglmus bona 

Cum qucB in potestdte hahuimus, ea atnlsimus. Plaut. 
— " We men know our blessings, only when we have lost 
what we once enjoyed." 

Turn eqmdem in senectd hoc depiUo miserrmum, sentlre ea 
cetdte se odiosum alteri. — " For my part I think that to a 
person advanced in years it must be a most unfortunate 
thing to feel conscious that at that time of life he is hated 
by another." 

Tu7n excXdit onuiis constantia, et mors non dubia oculos coepit 
obdilcere. Petron. Arbiter. — " Then did all our courage 
fail, and certain death began to stare us in the face." 

Tunc et aves tutas movere per aera pennas ; 
Et lepus impavidus mPdiis errdvit in agri^ ; 
Nee sua credidltas piscem suspendPrat hamo. 
Cuncta sine insldiis, nullamque timentia fraudem, 

Blena que pads er ant. — OviD. 

— " Then did the birds wing their way in safety in the 
air, and the hare without fear range over the fields ; not 
then had its own credulity suspended the fish from the 
hook. Every place was without treachery, in dread of no 

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TUN— TUE. 



injury, and full of peace." A description of the Golden 
Age. 

Tune impune hcBC facias ? Tune hie homines adolescent iilos 
Imperitos rerum^ eductos libere, infraudem ilUcis 

Sollicitando? et pollidtando eorum dnimoslactas? Tee. 

— " Are you to be acting this way with impunity ? are you 
to be luring here into snares, young men unacquainted with 
the world, and liberally brought up, by tempting them, and 
to be playing upon their fancies by making promises ?" 

Tunica pallio propior. JPrcw. — " My shirt is nearer than 
my coat." " Near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin." 
" Charity begins at home." 

Tuo tihijudicio est utendum ; virtutis et vitiorum grave ipsius 
conscienticB pondus est ; qua suhldtd jacent omnia. Cic. — 
" In your own guidance you must be directed by your own 
judgment ; the influence of conscience is great in weighing 
your own virtues and vices ; take this away and all is at an 
end." 

Tuque^ O ! duhiis ne defice rehus. Yibg. — " And thou, 

oh ! do not abandon me in my doubtful fortunes." 

Turha gravis pad, placidceque inimlca quieti. Mart. — " A 
multitude hostile to peace, and a foe to quiet ease." 

Turha JRemi sequitur fortunam, ut semper , et odit 

Damndtos. Juv. 

— " The mob of Remus follows Fortune, as mobs always 
do, and hates those she has condemned." 

Turdus ipse sibi malum cacat. Frov. — "The thrush sows 
misfortunes for itself." A foolish man "makes a rod for 
his own back." It was said that the thrush feeds on the 
seeds of the mistletoe, and, sowing them vrith its excre- 
ments, provides the bird-lime with which it is caught. 

Turpe est aliud loqui, aliud sentire ; quanto turpius aliud 
scribere, aliud sentire! Sen. — "It is base to say one 
thing and to think another ; how much more base to write 
one thing and to think another ! " The latter, being more 
deliberate, and its effects more lasting, is in every way more 
pernicious. 

Turpe est diff idles habere nugas, 

Et stultus labor est ineptidrum. Maet. 

-T-"It is disgraceful to make difficulties of trifles, and 

labour on frivolities is folly." 



TUR. 



469 



Turpe est lauddri ah illauddtis. — " It is base to be praised by 

those who are undeserving of praise," — whose censure is 

really praise. See Laudari a, &c. 
Turpe est viro id in quo quotidie versdtur ignordre. — " It is 

a shame for any man to be ignorant of that in which he is 

daily engaged." 
Turpe quidem dictu, sed si modo vera fatemur^ 

Vulgus amicitias utilitdte prohat. OviD. 

— " It is a shocking thing to be owned, but, if we must 

confess the truth, the multitude esteems friendship ac- 
cording to interest." 
Turpe senex miles, turpe senilis amor. Ovid. — " For an old 

man to be a soldier is shocking, amorousness in an old 

man is shocking." 
Turpe, vir et mulier, juncti modo, protinus hostes. Ovid. — 

" *Tis a shocking thing for a man and woman, just united, 

to be enemies at once." 
Turpes ambres concilidre. — " To form low attachments." 
Turpi fr eg erunt scecula lu<cu 

Dwitice molles. Juv. 

— " Enervating wealth has corrupted the age by vicious 

luxury." 
Turpis est qui alto sole in lecto dormiens jacet, qui vigildre 

media die indpit, qui qfficia luds noctisque pervertit. Sen. 

— " It is disgraceful to be lying asleep when the sun is on 

high ; to awake at mid-day, and to turn day into night, 

and night into day." 
Turpis et rtdicula res est elementdriu^ senex ; juveni parandum, 

seni utendum est. Sen. — " An old man learning his rudi- 
ments is a disgraceful and ridiculous object; it is for the 

youth to acquire, the old man to apply." 
Turpis in reum omnis exprohrdtio. — " All reproach cast upon 

a person unconvicted is unwarrantable." 
Turpissima est jactura quae Jit per negligentiam. Sen. — 

" That loss is the most disgraceful which arises from 

neglect." 
Turpiter obticuit, suhldto jure nocendi. HoR. — " The right 

of abusing taken away, it disgracefully became silent." 

Said of the abuses of the Chorus, in the Old Comedy, but 

susceptible of a general application. 
Turpius ejidtur quam non admittitur hospes. OviD. — " It is 



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TUB— UBE. 



more disgraceful to expel a guest than not to admit 
him." 

Turturd loqudcior. Frov. — " More noisy thana turtle-dove." 

Tussis ferina. — "A barking cough." 

Tuta est hominum tenuttas ; 

MagncB perlclo sunt apes ohnoxicd. Phjed. 
— " Poverty is safe ; great riches are liable to danger." 

Tuta frequensque ma est per am'icum fallere nomen : 

Tuta frequens licet sit via, crimen hahet. Ovid. 

— " Secure and much frequented is the path for deceiving 
under the name of friendship ; secure and much fre- 
quented though that path be, it is to be condemned." 

Tuta petant alii. Fortuna miserrma tuta est ; 

Nam timor evenius deterioris abest. Ovid. 

— " Let others seek safety. The most wretched fate affords 

its security ; for all fear of worse fortune is withdrawn." 

Tuta scelera esse possunt, non seciira. Sen. — " The wicked 
may be safe, but not secure." Not free from care. 

Tuta timens. Vieg. — " Fearing even safety." 

Tute hoc intristiy tihi omne est exedendu7n. Teb. — "You 
yourself have hashed up all this, so you must swallow it." 

Tutius errdtur ex parte mitiOri. Law Max. — " It is safest to 
err on the side of mercy." 

Tutos pete, ndvita, pcyrtus ; 

Ventus ab occdsu grandme mixtus erit. Ovid. 

— " Seek, mariner, the safety of the harbour ; fipom the 

west there will be a wind mingled with hail." 

Tutum silentii prcemium. — " The reward of silence is sure." 
" Least said soonest mended." 

Tutus ille non est quern omnes oderunt. — " He is not safe who 
is hated by all." 

Tuum tibi narro somnium. Frov. — " I 'U tell you your own 
dreams." An answer which we may aptly give to those 
who pretend to know more about our affairs than we do 
ourselves. 



IT. 



Uberibus semper lacrymis, semperque pardtis 
In statione sua, atque expectanfibus illam 
Quojiibeat mandre modo. Juv. 



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471 



— " "With tears always in abundance, always at com- 
mand in their place, and ready to flow as she may bid 
them." 
JlberriTna fides. — " Boundless confidence." Implicit faith. 
Ubi amid, ibi opes. Frov. — " Where there are friends there 
is wealth." Similar to our saying, "It is better to have 
friends without money than money without friends." 
TTbi aut qualis est tua mens ? potesne d'lcere ? Cic. — " Where 

is your mind, or what is its nature ? Can you tell ? " 
Vbi bene, ibi patria. Frov.—'' Where I am well off, there is 
my country." The motto of the unpatriotic and selfish man. 
Ubi idem et maxmus et honestissimus amor est, dliquando 
prcdstat morte jungi quam vita distrahi. Valer. Maxim. 
— "Where there exists the greatest and most genuine 
love, it is sometimes better to be united in death than 
separated in life." 
Vbi inerit amor, condimentum cuivis pldcitUrum credo. Plaut. 
— " Wliere love is an ingredient, the seasoning, I believe, 
will please any one." 

TTbi jam vdlidis quassdtum est vlnbus cevi 

Corpus, et obtusis ceclderunt viribus artus, 
Claudwat ingenium, del'irat lingudque mensque. Luce. 
—"When the body is shaken by the mighty power of 
time, and the limbs fail, their strength being blunted, the 
genius halts, and both mind and tongue are at fault." 
Ubi jus, ibi remedium. Law Max.—'' Where there is a right, 

there is a remedy." 
Ubi jus incertum, ibi jus nullum. Law Max. — " Where the 

law is uncertain, there is no law." 
Ubi major pars est, ibi est totum. Law Max. — " Where the 
greater part is, there is the whole." In deliberative as- 
semblies, the vote of the majority binds the whole. 
Ubi mel, ibi apes. Plaut.—" Where there is honey, there 
will be bees." Where there is attraction, there will be no 
want of admirers. 
Ubi mens plurma, ibi minima fortuna. Frov.—" Where 
there is most mind, there is least money." See Fortuna 
nimium, &c. 

Vbi non est pudor, 



Nee cur a juris, sancfitas, pietas, fides, 
InstdbUe regnum est. 



SEil. 



^/ 



472 



TJBI— ULT. 



-—" Where there is not modesty, respect for the laws, re- 
ligion, piety, and faith, the government is insecure." 

Uhi opes ihi amid. — "Where there is wealth, there will 
there befriends." 

TFbi quis dolet^ ibi et manum frequens habet. Prov. — " Where 
a man feels the pain, there will he often place his hand." 

Ubi summus imperdtor non adest ad exercitum, 

cuius quod non facto 'st ususfit^ quam quod facto 'st opus. 

Plaut. 
— " When the commander in chief is not with the army, 
that is sooner done which ought not to be done than that 
which ought to be done." 

TJbi supra. — " Where mentioned above." 

ITbi timor adest ^ sapientia adesse nequit. Lactantius. — 
"Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be present." 

TTbi tres med^ici, duo athei. — " Where there are three phy- 
sicians, there are two atheists." A mediaeval proverb. 

TIbi vanus animus, aurd captus frivold, 
Arripuit insolentem sibi fiduciam, 
Facile ad derlsum stulta levitas ducUur. Ph.«d. 
— " When a weak mind, beguiled by frivolous applause, 
has once given way to insolent self-sufficiency, its foolish 
vanity is easily exposed to ridicule." 

TJbi vulnerdtus est cubitus brdchium est in/lrmum. Prov. — 
"Where the elbow is wounded the arm is powerless." 

TTbicunqv^ ars ostentdtur, Veritas abesse videtur. — " Wherever 
art is displayed, truth seems to be wanting." 

Vdum ei molle lutum es, nunc, nunc properandus, et acri 

Pingendus sine fine rotd. Pers. 

— "You are now clay, moist and pliant; at once and 
unintermittingly you must be fashioned on the rapid 
wheel." " Youth and white paper take any impres- 
sion." 

JJlcera dnimi sananda magis quam corporis, — " The wounds 
of the mind need healing more than those of the body." 

JJlterius ne tende bdiis. Vibg. — " Proceed no further 

with thy hatred." The appeal of Tumus to .Eneas. 

Ultima ratio regum. — " The last argument of kings." This 
motto was engraved on the French cannon bv order of 
Louis XIY. ^ 

Ultima semper 



■CTLT— TJNa. 



473 



Expectanda dies Tiommi, dicique bedtus 

Ante obitum nemo supremaque funera debet. Ovid. 

— " The last day of life must always be awaited by man, 

and no one should be pronounced happy before his death 

and his last obsequies." Similar to the famous reply of 

Solon to Croesus, the wealthy king of Lydia. 

Ultima Thule. YiRG.—" Remotest Thule." The extremity 
of the earth, as known to the Romans. Supposed to have 
been the Faroe Islands. See Venient annis, &c. 

Ultra vires nihil aggrediendum. Prov. — "We should at- 
tempt nothing beyond our strength." 

Uirdas Athenas portas. Prov. — " You are carrying owls to 
Athens." Similar to our saying, " You are carrying coals 
to Newcastle." Owls abounded at Athens. 

Umbra pro corpore. Prov. — "The shadow for the body." 
The shadow instead of the substance. 

Umbram suam metuere. — "To be afraid of his own shadow." 

Una dies aperit, conficit una dies. AusoN.— " In one day it 
blossoms, in one decays." 

Una dies intereat inter maximam civltdtem ac nullam. Sen. 
— " One day may make all the difference between the 
greatest city and none at all." Said in reference to the 
ruin which may be at all times impending over the for- 
tunes of mankind. 

Una domus non alit duos canes. Prov. — " One house cannot 
keep two dogs." See Canes socium, &c. 

Una eddemque manus vulnus opemqne ferat. — " Let one and 
the same hand bring both wound and remedy." Adapted 
from Ovid. 

Una salus victis nullam sperdre salUtem. ViBG. — " The only 
safety for the conquered is to hope for no safety." Their 
only hope is in the bravery prompted by despair. 

Und voce. — " With one voice." Unanimously. 

Unde habeas qucerit nemo ; sed oportet habere. Jrv. — 
" Whence your wealth comes, nobody inquires ; but wealth 
you must have." 

Unde tibifrontem llbertdtemqu^ parentis, 

Cum facias pejora senex ? Jtjt. 

— " Whence do you derive the air and authority of a pa- 
rent, when you, who are old, commit greater faults ?" 

Ungentem pungit, pungentem rustlcus ungit. Prov. "^^^ A. 



474 



UNG— UNIT. 



clown will show harshness to one who anoints him, but 
will anoint the man who is harsh to him." A man of low 
mind is apt to treat kindness with insult, but to fawn 
upon those who treat him as their inferior. 

TTnguihus et rostro. JProv. — " With nails and beak." With 
all one's powers. "Tooth and nail." 

Unguis in ulcere. Cic. — "A nail in the wound." Words 
addressed by Cicero to Catiline the conspirator, who, 
when his country was already wounded by factions, fixed 
his talons in the wound, to keep it open. 

TTni (Bquus virtuti^ atque ejus amlcis, HoR. — " Tolerant 

to virtue alone and to her friends." Said of Lucilius, who 
satirized the foibles of the great of his time. The first 
three words form the motto of the Earl of Mansfield. 

TIni navi ne committas omnia. JProv. — " Venture not all in 
one bottom." 

TTnIco digitulo scalpit caput. Prov. — " He scratches his head 
with one little finger." Said of brainless and effeminate 
men, as this was a habit with the fops of Greece and Rome. 

Unigenitus. — The bull issued by pope Clement XI. in 1713, 
against the doctrines of the Jansenists, is known by this 
name, from its beginning " Unigenitus Dei Filius^^^ — " The 
only-begotten Son of God." 

Unius dementia dementes efficit multos. Prov. — " The mad- 
ness of one makes many mad." " One fool makes many." 

Universus hie mundus una civitas hommum recte existimdtur. 
Cic. — "The whole world is rightly deemed one city of 
mankind." See Non sum uni, &c., and Socrates quidem^ &q. 

Uno avulso, non deficit alter. YiBa. — "One removed, 

another is not wanting." 
Uno ore omnes omnia 



Bona dic^'re, et lauddre fort Unas meas, 
Qui gnatum haherem tali ingmio prceditum. Teb. 
— " Everybody, with one voice, began to say all kinds of 
flattering things, and to extol my good fortune in having 
a son endowed with such a disposition." 
Unu^ homo nobis cunctando resfituit rem ; 
Non pdnebat enim rumores ante salutem. Fragm. o/'Ennius. 
— " One man, by delay, saved the state-; for he cared less 
for what was said than for the public welfare." Said in 
praise of Eabius Cunctator, or the Delayer. 



XJNU— UEI. 



475 



Unus in hoc populo nemo est, qui forte Latlne 

Qucelthet e medio reddere verba queat. OviD. 

— "There is no one in all this people who can by any 

chance translate into Latin words in common use." 

Unus Fellceo jmeni non sufflcit orbis ; 
jEstuat infelix angusto llmUe mundi. Jrv. 
— "One globe does not suffice for the youth of Pella; 
the unhappy man frets at the narrow limits of the world." 
Said of Alexander the Great. 

Unus utrlque 

Error; sed vdriis illiidit parfibus, HoR.. 

— " There is the same error on both sides, only the illusion 
takes different directions." Different men pursue the 
same illusion, though by different paths. 

Unus vir nullus vir. Prov. — " One man is no man." 

Unusquisque abundat sensu suo. — " Every person abounds 
in his own sense." Is wise in his own conceit. 

Urdtur vestis amove tuce. Ovid. — " Let him be in- 
flamed by love of your very dress." 

Urbe silent totd ; vitreoque madentia rore 

Tempora noctis eunt. Ovid. 

— " 'Tis silence throughout the city ; damp with the glist- 
ening dew, the hours of night glide on." 

Urbem Idientiam invenit^ marmoream reliquit. Suet. — " He 
found a city of bricks, he left a city of marble." This, 
Augustus said, he did for Rome. 

Urbem quam dicunt Bomam, Meliboee, putdvi, 

Stultus ego, huic nostrce stniilem. YiRa. 

— " The city, Meliboeus, which they call Rome, I in my 
simplicity imagined to be like this of ours." 

Urbi pater est, urbique maritus. Juv. — " He is a father 



to the city and a husband to the city." Facetiously quoted 

with reference to a man of intrigue. 
Urbs orttur, (quis tunc hoc ulli crfdere posset ?) 

Victorem terris impositura pedem. Ovid. 

— " A city arises (who then could have believed this tale 

from any one ?) destined one day to place her conquering 

foot on all lands." 
Urit grata proteroitas, 

Et vultus nimium lUbrwus asptci. Hoe. 



476 



UEI— UT. 



— " Her pleasing coquetry inflames me, and her features 
too dazzling for my gaze." 

Urit mature urtlca vera. Prov. — "The real nettle stings 
early." A vindictive disposition is early seen. 

tfrticcB proxma scppe rosa est. Ovid. — " The nettle is 

often next to the rose." 

Usque ad aras. — " To the very altars." To the last extremity. 

Usque ad nauseam. — " Even to sickness." Properly a medical 
phrase, but often used as meaning, "Till we are quite 
sick and tired of it." 

Usque ad sidera tellus. — " Earth exalts itself to the stars." 

Usque adeone mori miserum est ? ViEG. — " Is it then 

80 very dreadful to die ? " 

Usque adeone 

Scire tuum nihil est, nisi te scire hoc sciat alter? Pers. 
— " Is then your knowledge nothing worth, unless others 
know that you possess it?" Is not the knowledge you 
have acquired a source of comfort to you, without refer- 
ence to the opinions of others ? 

Usu peritus hariolo velocior 

Vulgo essefertur. Ph^d. 

— " One taught by experience is proverbially said to be 
more quick-witted than a wizard." 

Usus est tyrannm. — " Custom is a tyrant." 

Usus promptum facit. Prov.—'' Practice makes perfect." 

Ut acerhum est, pro henefactis cum mali messem metas. Plaut. 
— " How hard it is, when, for services done, you reap a 
harvest of evil." 

Ut ager, quamvis ferfilis, sine cultUrd fructmsus esse non 
potest, sic sine doctrind animus. Sen. — "As a soil, al- 
though rich, cannot be productive without culture, so the 
mind without learning cannot be fruitful." 

Ut ameris, amdlalis esto. OviD. — " That you may be 

loved, be loveable." See Sit procul, &c. 

Ut canis e Nilo. Prov.—'' Like the dog at the Nile." Dogs, 
in drinking at the Nile, Phaedrus says, are obliged to be 
on their guard against the crocodiles, and therefore lap as 
they run. Hence this proverb is applied to persons of 
desultory and careless habits. After Marc Antony ran 
away from the battle of Actium, it was said of him that, 



UT. 



477 



Ut canes in Mgypto, libit etfugit, " Like the dogs in Egypt, 
he drank and ran away." 

Ut cuique homlni res pardta est,Jirmi arnici sunt ; si res lassa 
labat, 

ItWem amici collahascunt. Plaut. 

— " According as wealth is obtained by each man, so are 
his friends sure; if his prospects fade, his friends fade 
with them." 

Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas. Ovid.—" Though 
the power is wanting, yet the will deserves praise." 

Ut ejus modestiam cognovi, gravis tibi nulla in re erit. Oic. 
— " As I am well acquainted with his modesty, he will in 
no way be troublesome to you." 

Ut homines sunt, ita morem geras ; 

Vita quam sit hrevis, simul cog^ita. Plaut. 

— " As men are, so must you treat them. At the same 

time reflect how short life is." 

Ut homo est, ita morem geras. Ter. — "As a man is, so 
must you treat him." 

Ut id ostenderem, quod te isti fac^lem putant, 
Id non fieri ex vera vita, neque adeo ex csquo et bono, 
Sed ex assentando, indulgendo, et largiendo. Ter. 

— "That I may convince you that they consider you a 
kind-hearted man, not for your real life, nor indeed for 
your virtue and justice ; but from your humouring, in- 
dulging, and pampering them." 

Ut in vita, sic in studiis, pulcherrimum et humanissmum ex- 
istimo severitdtem comitdtemque miscere, ne ilia in trisfdianiy 
hcec in petulantiam procedat. Pliny the Younger. — "As 
in our lives, so in our pursuits, I deem it most becoming 
and most proper so to unite gravity with cheerfulness, that 
the former may not degenerate into melancholy, nor the 
latter into licentiousness." 

Ut jiigulent homines, surgunt de node latrones. HoR. — 
"Robbers rise by night that they may cut the throats of 
others." We sometimes hear of " stabbing a man in the 
dark." 
Ut lupus ovem amat. Prov.—" As the wolf loves the sheep." 
Ut metus ad omnes, poena ad paucos perveniret. Law Max. — 
" That fear may reach all, punishment but few." A maxim 
of the Criminal Law, and the object of all laws. 



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JJt navem, ut cedificium idem destruit facilUme qui construxit ; 
sic hommem eddem optime, qucs conglutindvity natura dis- 
solvit. Cic. — "As he most easily destroys a ship or a 
house who has constructed it, so does that nature most 
becomingly effect man's dissolution which first put him 
together." He speaks of the natural decay which returns 
man to his "native earth.'* 

TJt nee pes ^ nee caput uni 

Medddtur formcB. HoB. 

— " So that neither the head nor foot shall correspond to 
the same figure." Applicable to a literary production or 
a picture of an incongruous character, of which we can 
make "neither head nor tail." 

Ut nemo in sese ientat descendere, nemo ! 
Sed prcecedenti spectdtur manttca tergo. Pers. 
— " How is it that no man tries to search into himself ? 
not a man but fixes his eye on the wallet upon the back 
of him who goes before." The Fable is here alluded to, 
which describes men as walking in a line, each having a 
wallet containing his faults on his back, while those of his 
neighbour are in another slung before. See Feras im- 
posuity &c. 

Ut otium in a file verier em negotium, — " That I might turn 
ray leisure into useful occupation." 

Ut placeas, dehes immemor esse tui, OviD. — " To please, 
you ought to be forgetful of yourself." 

Ut plerumque solenty naso suspendis acuto 
Ignotos. Hoe. 

— " As is the way w^ith most, you turn up your nose at 
those of obscure birth." 

Ut populus, sic sacerdos. Prov. — " Like priest, like people. ' ' 
Quoted by St. Bernard, who preached the Second Crusade. 

Ut puer is placeas, et declamdtiojias. Juv. — " To amuse chil- 
dren, and be the subject of a theme." " To point a moral 
and adorn a tale." — Johnson. See 1 demens, &c. 

Ut queant laxis resonare Jibris 
Mira gestorum famiili tudrum^ 
Solye pollfdi \sihii redtum. 

— " That thy servants may be able to sing thy wondrous 
deeds to the loosened strings, release them from the stain 
of polluted guilt." These lines, from the Hymn of John 



UT. 



479 



the Baptist, contain the names originally given to the 

notes in Music, Ut, Be, Mi, Fa, Sol, La. They are said to 

have been given by Guido, a Benedictine monk of Arezzo, 

in the eleventh century. The note Si was afterwards 

added by a musician named Le Maire. 
Ut quimus, quando ut volumus non licet. Tee.—" As we can, 

when we cannot as we wish." 
Ut quisque suvm vult esse, ita est. Tee.—" As every person 

wishes his child to be, so he is." The mind of the child 

is so plastic, that it will admit of any training on the part 

of the parent. See Udum et, &c. 
Ut rei servire suave est ! Plaft.— " How delightful it is to 

keep one's money ! " 
Ut ridentihus arrldent, itajlentibus adjlent, 

Humdni vultus. Hoe. 

"The human countenance, as it smiles on those who 

smile, so does it weep with those who weep." 
Ut scepe summa ingenia in occulta latent ! ' Plaut. — " How 

often are the greatest geniuses buried in obscurity ! " 
Ut sementem ficeris, ita et metes. Cic— " As you sow, so 

shall you reap." " As you make your bed, so you must 

lie on it." 
Ut servi volunt esse herum, ita solet esse ; 

Bonis honi sunt ; improhi cui malusfuit. Plaijt. 

— ** As servants would have their master to be, such is he 

wont to be. Masters are good to the good, severe to him 

who is bad." 
Ut Solent po'etcB. Pliny tlie Younger.—'' As it usually is 

with poets." — i. e. living on a scanty diet. 
Ut solet acdplter trepldas agitdre columbas. Ovid. — "As 

the hawk is wont to pursue the trembling doves." 
Ut sunt humdna, nihil est perpetuum. Plaut.— " As human 

affairs go, nothing is everlasting." 
Ut supra. — " As above stated." 
Ut sylvcB fdliis pronos mutantur in annos, 
Brima cadunt ; ita verhorum vetus interit (Bias, 
Bt jiivenum rifuflorent modb nata vigentque. 

Bebemu^ morti nos nostrdque. Hoe. 

— " As, in the woods, the leaves are changed with each 
fleeting year, and the earliest fall the first ; in like manner 
do words perish with old age, and those of more recent 



aaiMa^iiaffliife&ifrtTfciiRi^^ 



478 



UT. 



Ut navem, ut (Bdificium idem destruit facilTime qui consiruxit ; 
sic hommem eddem optime^ qu(d conglutindvit^ natura dis- 
solvit. Cic. — "As he most easily destroys a ship or a 
house who has constructed it, so does that nature most 
becomingly effect man's dissolution which first put him 
together." He speaks of the natural decay which returns 
man to his "native earth." 

TJt nee pes, nee caput uni 

JRedddtur formcB. HoE. 

— " So that neither the head nor foot shall correspond to 
the same figure." Applicable to a literary production or 
a picture of an incongruous character, of which we can 
make "neither head nor tail." 

Ut nemo in sese tentat descender e, nemo ! 
Sed prcecedenti spectdtur mantica tergo. Pees. 
— "How is it that no man tries to search into himself? 
not a man but fixes his eye on the wallet upon the back 
of him who goes before." The Fable is here alluded to, 
which describes men as walking in a line, each having a 
wallet containing his faults on his back, while those of his 
neighbour are in another slung before. See Feras im- 
posuit, &c. 

TJt otium in Utile verterem negotium. — " That I might turn 
my leisure into useful occupation." 

TJt pldceas, dehes immemor esse tui. Ovid. — " To please, 
you ought to be forgetful of yourself." 

Ut plerwnque solent, naso suspendis acuto 
Ignotos. HoR. 

— " As is the way with most, you turn up your nose at 
those of obscure birth." 

Ut populus, sic sacerdos. Prov. — " Like priest, like people." 
Quoted by St. Bernard, who preached the Second Crusade. 

Ut pueris placeas, et declamdtiojias. Juv. — " To amuse chil- 
dren, and be the subject of a theme." " To point a moral 
and adorn a tale." — Johnson. See 1 demens, &c. 

Ut queant laxis Tesonare Jihris 
Mira gestorum famiili tuorum^ 
Solre polhiti labii redtum. 

— " That thy servants may be able to sing thy wondrous 
deeds to the loosened strings, release them from the stain 
of polluted guilt." These lines, from the Hymn of John 



UT. 



479 



the Baptist, contain the names originally given to the 

notes in Music, Ut, Be, Mi, Fa, Sol, La. They are said to 

have been given by Guido, a Benedictine monk of Arezzo, 

in the eleventh century. The note Si was afterwards 

added by a musician named Le Maire. 
Ut quimus, quando ut volumus non licet. Tee. — " As we can, 

when we cannot as we wish." 
Ut quisque suvm vult esse, ita est. Tee.—" As every person 

wishes his child to be, so he is." The mind of the child 

is so plastic, that it will admit of any training on the part 

of the parent. See Udum et, &c. 
Ut rei servire suave est ! Plaft.— " How delightful it is to 

keep one's money ! " 
Ut ridentihv^ arr'ident, itajientibus adflent, 

Humdni vultus. Hoe. 

— "The human countenance, as it smiles on those who 

smile, so does it weep with those who weep." 
Ut scepe summa ingenia in occulto latent ! ' Platjt. — " How 

often are the greatest geniuses buried in obscurity ! " 
Ut sementem feceris, ita et metes. Cic— " As you sow, so 

shall you reap." " As you make your bed, so you must 

lie on it." 
Ut servi volunt esse Jierum, ita solet esse ; 

Bonis honi sunt ; improhi cui malusfuit. Platjt. 

— " As servants would have their master to be, such is he 

wont to be. Masters are good to the good, severe to him 

who is bad." 
Ut solent poetcB. Plint tie Younger.—'' As it usually is 

with poets." — i. e. living on a scanty diet. 
Ut solet acdplter trepUas agitdre columhas. Ovid. — "As 

the hawk is wont to pursue the trembling doves." 
Ut sunt Jiumdna, nihil est perpHuum. Platjt.— " As human 

affairs go, nothing is everlasting." 
Ut supra. — "As above stated." 
Ut sylvcB f6liis pronos mutantur in annos, 

Brima cadunt ; ita verhorum vetu^ interit (Etas, 

JEt juvenum rituflorent modb nata vigenfque. 

Debemus mcrti nos nostrdque. Hoe. 

— " As, in the woods, the leaves are changed with each 

fleeting year, and the earliest fall the first ; in like manner 

do words perish with old age, and those of more recent 



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UT— UTI. 



birth flourish and thrive like men in the time of youth. 
We and our works are doomed to death." 
Tit tamen hoc ita sit, munus tua grande rohmias 
Ad mepervmity consulUurque boni. Oyid. 

— " But though it is so, your good wishes have come as a 
great boon to me, and are taken in good part." 
Ut tu fortunam, sic nos te, Celse.feremm. Hob. — " As you 
bear with your fortunes, Celaus, so shall we bear with 
you." 

Zft tute esy item omnes censes esse. Plaut. — " As you are 
yourself, you take all others to be." 

Utdtur motu dmmi, qui uti rdtione non potest. — " Let him 
be guided by impulse who cannot be guided by reason." 

Utcunque in alto vent us est, exin velum vertUur. Plaut. 

" Whichever way the wind is at sea, in that direction the 
sail is shifted." 

Utendum est estate ; cito pede Idhltur cetas. Ovid. — " We 
must make use of time ; time flies with rapid foot." 

JJterque bonus belli pacisque minister.— ^^ Skilled equally in 
the administration of peace or of war." 

Vti possidetis. — "As you now possess." A term in di- 
plomacy, meaning that, at the termination of a war, each 
party is to retain whatever territory he may have gained 
in the contest. Its opposite is the Status quo, which see. 

TTfile dulci. — "The useful with the agreeable." See Omne 
tulitj &c. 

UtUltas juvandi. — "The advantage of assisting others." 

UfiUtas lateat : quod non projiteberejiet. Ovid. — " Let your 
object lie concealed: that will come to pass which you 
shall not avow." 

TJtiliumque sagax rerum, et divina futuri. Hoe. — " Skilled 
in wise suggestions, and prophetic of the future." 

Utmam tarn facile vera invemre possem, quam falsa convinch-e ! 
Cic.—" Would that I could as easily find out the truth, 
as I can detect what is false ! " 

Utmam veteres mores, vHeres parsimonicB 
Fotius majori honori hie essent, quam mores mali. Plaut. 
— " I only wish that the old-fashioned ways and the old- 
fashioned thriftiness were in greater esteem here, than 
these bad ways." 

Utitur anatl/id fort Una, cum exit ex aqid, aret. — " He has the 



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481 



good fortune of a duck, as soon as he comes out of the 

water h^ is dry." Said of those fortunate men who 

always " fall on their legs." An adaptation from Plautus. 
XltXtur, in re non dubid, testibus non necessdriis. Cic.-r-" He 

employs unnecessary proofs in a matter on which there is 

no doubt." 
Utque alios industria, ita hunc igndvia ad famam protulerat. 

Tacit. — " As industrious efforts have advanced others, so 

did this man attain celebrity by indolence." 
TJtrum horum mavis acdpe. — " Take which you will of the 

two." 
JJtrumque vitium est, et omnibus credere et nulli. Sen. — " It 

is equally a fault to confide in all, and in none." 
Tlvdque conspectd livdrem ducit ab uvd. Juv. — " And grape 

contracts paleness from the grape which it has faced." 
TJxnremfato credat obesse suo. Ovid. — " He may think that 

his w2e is an obstacle to his success." 
Tlxorem malam obolo non emerem. — " I would not give a doit 

for a bad wife." 
• Tlxbrem, Posthume, duds f 

Die qua Tlslphone, qmbus exagttdre coUibris. Juv. 

— " What, Posthumus, marry a wife ? by what Fury, say, 

by what serpents, are you driven to madness ? " 
TTxdri nubere nolo me(B. Mart. — " I will not be married 

to a wife." I will not have a wife who shall be my master. 

The verb nubo was only used in reference to the female 

sex. The man marries, the woman w married. 



V. 

V. p. for Titd patris, which see. 

Vacdre culpd magnum est soldtium. CiC. — " It is a great 
solace to be free from fault." 

Vacuus cantat coram latrone viator. Juv. — " The penniless 
traveller sings in the presence of robbers." 

Vade in pace. — " Go in peace." According to some authori- 
ties, perpetual solitary imprisonment was thus called in 
the middle ages. It is generally, however, considered to 
have been applied to a more terrible punishment. See 
In pace, 

2 I 



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VAD— VAN. 



Vade mecum. — "Go with me." A work which from its 
utility and portability is the constant companion of the 
man of business, or the traveller, is sometimes called his 
Vade mecum. 

VcB misero mihi ! quanta de spe dectdi ! Ter. — " Woe unto 
wretched me ! from what hopes have I fallen ! " 

V(B victls ! — " Woe to the conquered ! " We learn from Livy 
and Festus that this was the exclamation of Brennus the 
Gaul, when he threatened extermination to the Eomans. 

Vale, vale, cave ne tituhes, manddtdquefrangas. Hor. — " Fare- 
well ! farewell ! take care lest you stumble, and miscarry 
with my commands." 

Vdleant menddcia vatum. Ovid. — " Farewell to the fic- 
tions of the poets." 

■Vdleas, anus opt ma, dij^i : 



Quod superest cevi, molle sit omne tut. Ovid. 

— "'Farewell, most worthy dame,' said I, * tranquil be 

the remainder of your days.' " 

Vdleat quantum vdlere potest.— -^^ Let it have weight, so far as 
it may." Often quoted, Valeat quantum. 

Vdleat res ludicra, si me 

Palma neqdta macrum, dondta reducit opimum. Hob. 
— "Adieu to the levities of verse, if the denial of ap- 
plause is to reduce me to meagreness, and I am to be de- 
pendent on its bestowal for happiness." 

VaUre malo quam dives esse. Cic. — " I would rather be in 
good health than rich." 

Valet anchora virtus. — " Virtue is a sheet-anchor." Motto 
of Viscount Gardner. 

Valet ima summis 

Mutdre, et insignem attenuat Deus, 

Ohscura promens. HoB. 

— "The Deity is able to make exchange between the 
highest and the lowest, abasing the exalted, and advancing 
the obscure." 

Validius est natures testimonium quam doctrince argumentum. 
St. Ambrose. — " The testimony of nature is of greater 
weight than the arguments of learning." 

Valor ecclesiastlcus. — " The ecclesiastical value." 

Vana quoque ad veros accessit fama timores. LirCA.]!?". — " Idle 
rumours, too, were added to well-founded fears.'* 



VAE— VEL. 



483 



Vare, redde legiones ! — "Varus, give me back my legions ! " 
The words of Augustus Caesar, on hearing of the defeat 
and slaughter of the Roman army, under QuintiHus Varus, 
by the German chieftain Arminius. 

Varium et mutdbUe semper 

Foemina. ViEG. 

— " Woman is ever changeable and capricious.'* 
Vastius insurgens declmce ruit impetus undce. OvTD. — " The 
swell of the tenth wave, rising more impetuously than the 
rest, rushes onward." See Qui venit, &c. 
Vectlgdlia nervi sunt reipuhUccB, Cic. — "Taxes are the 

sinews of the state." 
Vehemens in utramque partem, aut largitdte nimid aut par- 
simonid. Ter. — " Eeady to run to either extreme, of ex- 
cessive liberality or parsimony." 
VeKimur in altum. — " We are launching into the deep.** 

Veiosque Jiahitante CamillOj 

Illic Bo)nafuit. LtrcAN. 

— " Camillus dwelling at Veii, Rome was there.*' Camillus 
was so highly esteemed at Rome, that it was said, " Where 
Camillus is there is Rome.'* 
Vel ccBco appnreat. Frov. — " It would be evident to a blind 

man even." 
Vel capillus hahetumhram suam. Pub. Str. — "Even a hair 

has its shadow." 

Velim mehercule cum istis errdre, quam cum dliis recte sentlre. 

— "By Hercules, I would rather be in the wrong with 

these men than think aright with the others.'* See Malo 

cum Platone, &c. 

Velim ut velles. Plaiit. — " I would wish as you would wish." 

Velis et remis. — " With sails and oars." With all possible 

expedition. 
Velle licet, potlri non licet. — " You may wish, but you may 

not enjoy." You may "look and long." 
Velle suum cuiquam, nee voto vivitur uno. Pers. — " Every 
man has his own fancy, and the tastes of all are not alike." 
Vellem in amicitid sic errdremus, et isti 
JErrdri nomen virtus posuisset honestum. Hob. 
— " Would that in our friendships we committed the same 
mistake, and that virtue would designate such mistakes by 
an honourable name.** The poet wishes that men were as 

2 I 2 



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484i 



VEL— YEN. 



considerate to their friends as to their mistresses, and 
equally indulgent to their failings. 

VelOcem tardus assequitur. Frov. — " The slow overtakes the 
swift." In allusion to the Fable of the Hare and the 
Tortoise. " The race is not always to the swift." 

Velucitts ac cUius nos 

Corrumpunt vitiorum exempla domestica^ magnis 

Cum sicbeant dntmos auctortbics. Juv. 

— " The examples of vice which we witness at home more 
surely and more quickly corrupt us ; for they insinuate 
themselves into our minda under the sanction of high 
authority." 

Velocius quam asparagi coqtMntur. — " Before you could cook 
a bundle of asparagus." A Roman proverb denoting an 
extremely short space of time. Suetonius tells us that it 
was frequently in the mouth of Augustus Cs&sar. 

Veloa; consilium sequitur poenitentia. Syb. — " Repentance 
follows precipitate counsels." 

Velut inter ignes 

Luna minores. Hoe. 

— " Like the moon amid the lesser lights." 
•Velut si 



EgrPgio inspersos reprendas corpore ncevos. Hob. 

— " As if you were to condemn moles scattered over a 

beautiful skin." 
Veluti in speculum, — "As though in a mirror." A theatrical 

motto. 
Vendlis popiilus, vendlis curia patrum. — " The people venal, 

the house of senators venal." The state of Rome in the 

times of its decadence. 
Venator seqmtur fugientia, capta relinquit ; 

Semper et inventis ultPriora petit. Otid. 

— " The huntsman follows the prey that flies, that which 

is caught he leaves behind : and he is ever on the search 

for still more than he has found." 
Vendentem thus et odbres^ 

Et piper, et quicquid chartis amicltur ineptis. Hoe. 

— " A seller of frankincense, perfumes, and pepper, and 

anything wrapped in worthless paper." To the use of such 

persons he says are consigned the productions of worthless 

writers. 



VEJS". 485 



Visa. — « He sold his 



Vendtdit Jiic auro patriam.- 

country for gold." 
Venenum in auro hihltur. Sen. — " Poison is drunk out of 

gold." A risk not so likely to be incurred by those who 

drink out of less costly vessels. 
Venerdri parentes UhPros decet,-^'' It is the duty of children 

to reverence their parents." 
Venerit insttio ; fac ramum ramus adoptet. Ovid. — " The 

time for grafting is now come ; make branch adopt branch." 
Veni, Creator Spiritus.—" Come, Holy Ghost, Creator, come." 
Veni Gotham, uhi multos 

Si non omnes vidi stultos. Drunken Barnabtfs Journal. 
" Thence to Gotham, where, sure am I, 
If though not all fools, saw I many'' 

The men of Gotham, in Nottinghamshire, seem to have 

been proverbial in the Middle Ages for their stupidity, 

and to have been generally known as the " Wise men of 

Gotham." See Ray's Proverbs, p. 218. 
Veni, Sancte Spirttus.—" Come, Holy Ghost." The name 

given to a mass of the Roman Catholic Church, to invoke 

the assistance of the Holy Spirit. 
Veni, vidi, vici. — " I came,*I saw, I conquered." The brief 

despatch in which Julius Caesar announced to the senate 

his victory over Pharnaces. 
Vfnia necessltdti datur. Cic. — " Pardon is granted to neces- 
sity." Similar to our saying that " Necessity has no laws." 
Veniat manus, aux^dio qu(B 

Sit mihi. Hoe. 

— " May there come a hand to give me aid." 
■Venient annis 



Scecula seris, quibus Oceanus 
Vincula rerum laxet, et ingens 
Pateat tellus, Tiphysque novos 
Detegai orbes ; nee sit terris 
Ultima Thule. Sen*. 

— " After the lapse of years, ages will come in which Ocean 
shall relax his chains around the world, and a vast con- 
tinent shall appear, and Tiphys shall explore new regions, 
and Thule shall be no longer the utmost verge of earth." 
Considered by Lord Bacon to be a prophecy of the dis- 
covery of America. See Ultima Thule. 



486 YEN— VEK. 

Yenienti occurrite morho. Pers. — " Meet the coming 

disease." See Neglecta^ &c. and Frincipiis obsta, &c. 

Veniet tempus quo ista qucs nunc latent in lucem dies extrahet, 
et longioris cevi diligentia. Veniet tempus quo posteri nostri 
tarn aperta nos nescisse mirahuntur. Cic. — " The day will 
come, when time and the diligence of later ages will bring 
to light things which now lie concealed. The day will 
come when our posterity will wonder that we were ignor- 
ant of things so evident." 

Venire facias. Law Term. — " Ton are to cause to come to- 
gether." A judicial writ, whereby the sheriff is com- 
manded to cause a jury to appear, in order to try a cause. 

Venlte, exultemus Domino. — " Oh come, let us sing unto the 
Lord." The beginning of the 95th Psalm. 

Veniunt a dote sagittcB. Juv. — "The darts come from 

her dowry." 

Plutus, not Cupid, touched his sordid heart. 
And 'twas her dower that winged the unerring dart. 

G-ifjford. 

Venter fameltcus aurtculis caret. — "A hungry belly has no 
ears." It is proof against advice or expostulation. A 
saying of Cato the Elder. 

Venter non Tiabet aures. Prov. — " The bellv has no ears." 

Ventis secundis. — " With a fair wind." With prosperous 
gales. Motto of Lord Hood. 

Ventis verba fundis. — " You pour forth words to the winds." 
You talk to no purpose. 

Ventum ad supremum est. YiRO. — " Matters have come 

to the last extremity." 

Ver erat wternum ; pldcldique tepenttbus auris 
Mulcebant ZP'phyri natos sine semlne fiores. Ovid. 
— " Then it was ever spring ; and the gentle Zephyrs, with 
their soothing breezes, cherished flowers that grew un- 
sown." The state of the earth in the Golden Age. 

Ver non semper viret. — " The spring does not always flourish." 
Or, by an heraldic pun, " Vernon always flourishes." 
Motto of Lord Vernon. 

Ver pingit vario gemmantia prata colore. — " The spring decks 
the blooming fields with various colours." 

Vera dico, sed nequicqua?n, quoniam non vis cri'dPre. — " I speak 
the truth, but in vain, since you will not believe me." 



VEE. 



487 



Vera gloria radices agit, at que etiam propagdtur ; ficta omnia 
cele'nter, tanquam Jlosculi, decidunt ; nee simuldtum potest 
quidquam esse diuturnum. Cic. — " True glory strikes root, 
and even spreads ; all false pretensions fade speedily, 
like flowers; nor indeed can any counterfeit be lasting." 
Carlyle says, " No lie you can speak or act but it will 
come, after longer or shorter circulation, like a bill drawn 
on Nature's reality, and be presented there for payment — 
with the answer. No efiects." 

Vera incessu patuit Dea. ViEG. — "She stood re- 
vealed a goddess truly in her gait." 

Vera redit fades, dissimuldta perit. Peteon. Aebitee. — 
" Our natural countenance returns, the assumed one passes 
away." Hypocrisy will finally be detected. 

Verba dmmi proferre et vitam impendere vero. Jut. — " To 
give utterance to the sentiments of the heart, and to stake 
one's life for the truth." 

Verba dat omnis amans. Oyid. — "Every lover gives 

fair words." 

Verba de prcesenti. Law Term. — " Promise made on the 
instant as a pledge for the future." 

Verba fides sPqmtur. Ovid. — " Pulfilment attends his 

words." No sooner said than done. 

Verba funt mortuo. Tee. — " You are talking to a dead 



man." You are talking to one who will not heed you. 

Verba ligant homines, taurorum cornuafUnes. — " Words bind 
men, ropes the horns of bulls." 

Verba nitent phaleris ; at nullas verba medullas 
Intus habent. Palingenius. 

— " His words shine forth in fine compliments, without 
sincerity." Mere sound devoid of meaning. 

Verba placent et vox, et quod corrumpPre non est ; 

Quoque minor spes est, hoc magis ille ctipit. Ovid. 

— " Her words charm him, her voice, and her incorruptible 
chastity; and the less hope thei'e is, the more intensely 
does he desire." Said of Lucretia. 

Verba togce sequPris, junctura callldus acri. 
Ore teres modico, pallentes rddPre mores 
Doctus, et ingPnuo culpam defigere ludo. Pees. 
— " You employ the language of the toga, skilful at judi- 
cious combination, with suitable style well rounded, ex- 



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488 



YER. 



pert at lashing depraved morals, and inflicting censure 
\vith subtle raillery." The character of a just and con- 
siderate satirist. 

Confined to common life, thy numbers flow, 

And neither soar too high, nor sink too low ; 

There strength and ease in graceful union meet. 

Though polished, subtle, and though poignant, sweet ; 

Yet powerful to abash the front of crime. 

And crimson error's cheek with sportive rhyme. 

Gifford. 

YerMque provisam rem non inv'ita sequentur. Hor. — 
"Words will not fail the subject when it is well con- 
sidered." 

Verbatim et literatim. — "To the word and to the letter." 
Like the word seriatim, neither of these words is really 
Latin, having been coined probably in the Middle Ages. 
The correct Latin would be. Ad verbum et ad litet^am. 

Verbo tenm. — "In name at least." 

Verborum paupertas^ imo egestas. Sen. — " A poverty, or 
rather an utter want, of expression." 

Verbosa ac grandis epistola venit 

A Capreis. Jfv. 

—"A verbose and grandiloquent epistle comes from Ca- 
preae." Said of the haughty mandates issued by the Em- 
peror Tiberius from his palace at CapreaB. Now used to 
mark a lofty tone upon slender pretensions. 

Verbum sat sapienti. Frov. — " A word to the wise is suffi- 
cient." 

Verbum verbo reddere^Jidus 

Interpres. Hor. 

— " To render word for word, as a faithful interpreter." 

Vere calor redit ossWus. Viro.— " In Spring the flame 

of desire returns to the bones." 

Vere magnum, habere in se fraglXitdtem Tiominis, secilritdtem 
dei. bEN. — " It is tnie greatness to have the frailty of a 
man, the equanimity of a god." 

Verecunddri nemmem apud mensam decet. Plaut. "At 

table no one should be bashful." 

Verecundia inutllis viro egenti. Frov.-^'' Bashfulness is use- 
less to a man in want." A man in distress cannot afford 
to be governed by rigid notions of etiquette. 



YER. 



Verecundia muUerem, non color fucdtus, omat. — "Modesty, 
not rouge, adorns a woman." 

Veritas, a quocunque dicitur, a Deo est. — " Truth, by whom- 
soever spoken, comes from God." Truth is of the Divine 
essence. " God is truth." 

Veritas nihil veretur nisi abscondi. — " Truth fears nothing 
but concealment." Truth seeks publicity. 

Veritas odium parit. — "Truth produces hatred." 

Veritas sermo est simplex. Ammian. — " Truth is simple in 
its language," requiring neither study nor art. 

Veritas vel menddcio corrumpitur vel silentio. Ammiak. — 
"Truth is violated by falsehood, or by silence." Silence 
is, in some cases, as bad as a falsehood uttered. 

VerUas vincit. Law. — "Truth conquers." Motto of the 
Scotch Earl Marechal. 

Veritas visu et mora, falsa festinatione et incertis valescunt. 
Tacit. — " Truth is established by scrutiny and delibera- 
tion ; falsehood thrives by precipitation and uncertainty." 

VerXtdtis simplex ordtio est. Sen.— -" The language of truth 
is simple." She stands in need of no meretricious arts. 

Veros amlcos repardre difficUe est. Sen. — " It is a difficult 
thing to replace true friends." 

Versdte diu quid f err e recUsent, 

Quid vdleant, humeri. Hor. — See Sttmite ma- 

teriam, &c. 

■Versus mdpes rerum, nugceque canorce. Hor. — "Lines 



devoid of meaning ; harmonious trifles." These words 
have been applied to the Opera. 
" What though our songs to wit have no pretence, 
The fiddle-stick shall scrape them into sense." 
Vertentem sesefrustra sectdbere canthum, 

Chtm rota posterior curras, et in axe secundo. Pers. 
— " You will in vain endeavour to overtake the felly that 
revolves before you, since, as you run, you are the hind 
wheel, and on the second axle." 
" Thou, like the hindmost chariot- wheels, art curst, 
Still to be near, but never to be first." Dry den. 

Vertitur in teneram cnriem, rimisque dehiscit, 

Si qua diu solltis cymba vacdrit aquis. OviD. 

— " If a bark has been long out of the water to which it 



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had been accustomed, it turns to crumbling rottenness, 
and gapes wide with leaks." 
Verum decepta avtdUas, 



£t quern tenebat ore, demisit cihum, 
Nee quern pHPbat adeo potuit adtingPre. Phjed. 
— " His greediness however was deceived ; he not only- 
dropped the food which he was holding in his mouth, but 
was after all unable to reach that at which he grasped." 
From the Fable of the Dog and the Shadow. 

Verum est illud, quod vulgo dicttur, menddcem mhnorem esse 
oportet. Quint. — " There is truth in the common saying, 
that a liar should have a good memory." 

Verum est verbum, quod memordiur, ubi amlci ibidem sunt 
opes. Plaut. — " It is a true proverb that is quoted, 
* Where there are friends, there are riches.' " 

Verum illud est, vulgo quod diet solet, 

Omnes sibi malle melius esse quam alteri. Tee. 

— " The common saying is true, that we all wish matters 

to go better with ourselves than with another." 

Verum opere in long o fas est obrepere somnum. Hoe. — " But 
in a long work it is allowable sometimes to be overcome 
by sleep." Occasional negligence may be pardoned in a 
long work, which in a brief one would be reprehensible. 

Verum putas haud cegre, quod valde expetis. — " You have no 
difficulty in believing that to be true which you anxiously 
desire." " The wish is father to the thought." 

Veriim ubi plura nitent in carmine, nan ego paucis 

Offendar mncal'is. HoE. 

— " But where many beauties shine in a poem, I will not 
be offended with a few blemishes." See Non ego, &c. 

Verus amicus est is qui est tanquam alter Idem. Cic. — " A 
true friend is he who is, as it were, another self." 

Vesdna cupldo, 
Plurlma cum tenuit, plura tenere cupii. 
— " Unreasoning cupidity, the more it has the more it 
desires to have." 

Vestibiilum domus ornamentum est. Prov. — " The hall is the 
ornament of a house." First impressions are of the great- 
est importance. 

Vestigia nulla retrorsum. — "No stepping back again." E/e- 



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treat must not be thought of. An adaptation from Horace. 
The motto of the Earl of Buckinghamshire. 

Vestis virumfacit. Prov. — " The garment makes the man.*' 
It is so in the opinion of the vulgar. 

Vestri, jUdlces, hoc maxlme interest, non ex levitate testium 
causas hommum ponderdri. Cic. — "To you, O judges, it 
is of the greatest moment, that the interests of men should 
not be dealt with upon slight testimony." 

Vetdbo, qui Cereris sacrum 

Vulgdrit arcdnce, sub isdem 
^t trdblbus, fragUemve mecum 

Solvat phaselum. HoE. 

— "I will forbid the man, who shall have divulged the 
sacred rites of mysterious Ceres, to be under the same roof 
with me, or to sail with me in the same fragile bark." 
From fear of the vengeance of an offended deity. 

Vetera extolUmus recentium incuriosi. Tacit. — " We extol 
things that are ancient, heedless of those of later date." 
See jEtas parentum, &c., and Laudator, &c. 

Vetera quce nunc sunt fuerunt olim nova. — " Things which are 
now old, were once new." 

Veterem injuriam ferendo, invltas novam. — " By submitting 
to an old injury, you lay yourself open to a fresh one." 
Even patience must have its limits. See Post folia, &c. 

Veterum id dictum est, Felldter is sapit, qui perlculo alieno 
sapit. — " It is an old saying, that he is happy in his wis- 
dom, who is wise at the expense of another." From an 
interpolated scene in the Mercator of Plautus, probably 
written by Hermolaiis Barbarus. 

Vetustas pro lege semper hahetur. Law Max. — " Ancient cus- 
tom is always regarded as law." It is the basis of our 
common law. 

Vexdta qucestio. — " A disputed question." A moot point. 

Vi et armis.—'' By force and arms." By main force, not by 
sanction of the law. 

Via crucis via Ivcis. — " The path of the cross the path of 
light." A mediaeval saying, and an heraldic motto. 

Via media. — " The middle way." 

Via trita est tutissma. Coke. — "The beaten path is the 
safest." 



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Via trita, via futa. — "The beaten path is the safe path.** 

Motto of Earl Normanton. 
Viamque insiste domandi, 

Diim Juciles ammijiivenum, dum mdhUis cetas. ViRG. 

— " Enter upon a course of training while their disposition 

in youth is tractable, while their age is pliant." See Udum. 
Viam qui nescit qud deveniat ad mare^ 

JEum oportet amnem qucerere c6m1tem sihi. Platjt. 

— " He who knows not his way to the sea, should take a 

river as his guide." A prolonged route which is certain to 

lead to our object is better than a short but doubtful one. 
Vice gerens. — "Acting in the place of." A vicegerent, or 

deputy. 
Vice regis. — " In the king's behalf.'* Acting as viceroy. 
Vice versa. — " The terms being reversed." Or " reversely." 

Dr. Parr used to say it ought to be " Versa vice" referring 

to Ulpian, Dig. 43. 29. III. 
Vicistis cochleam tarditdte. Plaut. — " Tou have surpassed 

a snail in slowness." 
Victor volentes per populos dat jura. — " A conqueror gives 

laws to a submissive people." 
Victoria concordid crescit. — " Victory increases by concord." 

Motto of Earl Normanton, and Lord Amherst. 
Victoria, et per victoriam vita. — " Victory, and through 

victory life." 
Victoria, et pro victorid vita. — " Victory, and for victory 

life." A toast for heroes. 
Victorid pax non pactiOne parienda est. Cic. — " Peace is to 

be secured by victory, not by negotiation." 
Victrix causa Diis placuit, sed victa Catoni. — '* The conquering 

cause was pleasing to the gods, the conquered one to 

Cato.** An extravagant compliment paid by Lucan to 

the heroic patriotism of Cato of Utica. 
Victrix fortHncB sapientia. Juv. — " "Wisdom conquers 

fortune." By prudence we may sometimes get the better 

of fortune. 
Victnrosque Dei celant, ut vivere durentj 

Felix esse mori. LuOAK. 

— " And the gods conceal, from those destined to live, how 

sweet it is to die, that they may continue to live." 



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493 



Victus cultusque corporis ad vdUtiidinem rPf^rantur et ad 
vires, non ad voluptdtem. Cic. — " Let the food and cloth- 
ing of the body bear reference to health and strength, not 
to mere gratification." 

Vide licet. — "You may see." "Namely.** Denoted in 
English books by the contracted form, viz. 

Vide ne, fumciiluvi nimis intendendo, aliquando ahrumpas. — 
"Take care, lest by stretching the rope too tight you 
break it at last." 

Vide ut supra. — " See as above." " See the preceding passage." 

Video et gaudeo. — See Videsne qui, &c. 

Video meliora prohbque, 

Deteriora sequor. Ovid. 

— " I perceive the better course, and applaud it ; but I 
follow the worse." The words of a person hurried on by 
passion against the dictates of reason. 

Vides, ut altd stet nive candldum 
Soracte, nee jam su^t meant onus 

SilvcB lahorantes. Hob. 

— " You see how Soracte stands white with deep snow, nor 
can the bending woods any longer support the weight." 

Videsne qui venit ? — " Do you see who is coming ? " To 
which the answer is, Video et gaudeo ^ " I see and am glad." 
Lovers Lahour^s Lost, act v. sc. i. 

Videte, qucdso, quid potest pecunia. Plaut. — " See, prithee, 
what money can effect." 

Vidi ego naufragiumque, viros et in cequore mergi; 
Et, Nunquam, dixi, justior undafuit, Ovid. 

— " I myself have seen a shipwreck, and men drowned in 
the sea ; and I said, * Never were the waves more just in 
their retribution.' " 

Vidit et eruhuit lympha pudlca Deum. — " The modest water 
saw its God and blushed." A line on the miracle at Cana 
in Galilee, most probably composed by Richard Crashaw. 
Dry den has had the credit of having composed a similar 
line when a school-boy at "VV^estminster : — 

" The conscious water saw its God and blush'd.'* 
If so, he was probably indebted to Crashaw for the 
thought. It is, however, a matter of doubt whether the 
line of Crashaw did not originally read, " Nympha pudica," 
" The modest nymph." 



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VitjfilantWus, non dormientibus, suhveniunt jura. Law Mao;. — 
" The laws assist the watchful, not those who sleep." The 
law assists those only who take due care to preserve their 
rights. 

Vigildri decet hommem, qui vult sua tempori conftcore offlcia. 
Plaut. — " It behoves him to be vigilant who wishes to do 
his duty in good time." 

Vigildte et orate. — " Watch and pray." Motto of Lord 
Castlemaine. 

Vigor cefdtis Jiuit ut flos veris. — " The vigour of manhood 
passes away like a flower of spring." 

File donum, vilis gratia. J^rov. — "A small gift, small 
thanks." 

Vilescunt dignitdtes cum tenentur ah indignis. Sall. — " High 
offices become valueless when held by unworthy persons." 

Vilis scepe cadus nohUe nectar Jiabet. JProv. — " Full oft does 
an humble cask contain generous nectar." A repulsive 
exterior may conceal excellent qualities. 

Villus argentum est auro, virtutihus aurum. HoE. — " Silver 
is of less value than gold, gold than virtue." 

Villdrum culnunafumant. Yin.—" The tops of the cottages 
send forth their smoke." 

Vim vi repellPre omnia jura clamant. Law Max. — " All laws 
declare that we may repel force by force." 

Vina parant ammos^ fdciuntque caloribus aptos : 

Curafugit multo d'lluiturque mero. Ovid. 

—"Wine composes the feelings and makes them ready 
to be inflamed: care flies and is drowned in plenteous 
draughts." 

Vince dmmos, iramque tuam, qui ccetera vincis. Ovid. 

" You, who conquer other difficulties, go conquer your own 
feelings and your anger." 

Vincit amor patricB. ViRG. — " The love of our country con- 
quers all other considerations." "The noblest motive is 
the public good." Motto of the Irish Viscount Moles- 
worth, and Lord Muncaster. 

Vincit omnia rer/^o*.—" Truth conquers all things." How- 
ever veiled by hypocrisy or by fraud, truth will generally 
come to light. Motto of the Baron Kinsale. 

Vincit qui se vincit. — " He is indeed a conqueror who con- 
quers himself." Motto of Lord Howard of Walden. 



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Vincula da linguce, vel tihi vincla dabit. — " Put a curb on 
yoiir tongue, or it will put a curb on you." An indiscreet 
tongue is very likely to bring us into trouble. 

Vindictam mandasse sat est ; plus nommis horror 

Quam tuus ensis aget ; mmuit prcesentia famam. LrCAK. 
— " 'Tis enough to have commanded vengeance ; more will 
the dread of your name eflect than your sword ; your pre- 
sence detracts from your fame." 

Vino diffugiunt morddces cures. — " Cankering cares are dis- 
pelled by wine." An adaptation from Horace. 

Vino tortus et ird. Hoe. — "Excited by wine and 

anger." 

Vinum bonum Iwtiflcat cor hominis. — " Good wine maketh 
glad the heart of man." See JPsalm civ. 15. 

Vinum purum potum, puer, infundUo. 

A suvimo ad imum more majorum bibunto. 

Decern cydthi summa potio sunto. Lipsitjs. 

— " Unmix' d be our wine, and pure let it flow, 

As our fathers ordain' d, from the high to the low. 
Let our bumpers, while jovial we give out the toast. 
In gay compotation, be ten at the most." 

Violenta nemo impPria contmuit diu ; 
Moderdta durant. Sen. 

— " No one has long held power exercised with violence ; 
moderation insures continuance." 

Vipera Cappddncem nocUtlra momordit : at ilia, 
Oustdto periit sanguine Cappddocis. 

— " A baneful viper bit a Uappadocian ; but having tasted 
the Cappadocian's blood it died." A translation from the 
Anthologia Grceca. The people of Cappadocia were of a 
dull disposition, and addicted to every vice. 

Vir bonus dicendi perltus. — " A good man skilled in the art 
of speaking." The ancient definition of an orator. 

Vir bonus est quis? 

Qui consulta patrum, qui leges jura que servat. HoR. 

— " Who is a good man ? He who obeys the decrees of 

the senators, he who respects the laws and ordinances." 

Vir bonus et sapiens dignis ait esse pardtum, 
Nee tamen ignorat quid distant cera lupinis. Hoe. 
— " A good and a wise man declares himself ready to as- 
sist the deserving ; he is not ignorant, however, of the dif- 



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ference between money and lupines." He is able to dis- 
tinguish between the meritorious and the undeserving. 
Lupines were used for money on the stage. 

Vir est maximcB escce. Plaut. — " He is a man of a most 
capacious appetite." 

Vir pietdte gravis. Yieg. — " A man respected for his 

piety." 

Vir sapiens forti melior. — " A wise man ia better than a 
valiant one." 

Vir sapiens omnia qius in vitam humdnam incurrunt fert 
lihenter, ut pareat legi naturce. Sen. — " A wise man bears 
willingly all those events which are the lot of human life, 
that he may obey the law of nature." 

Vir sapit qui pauca loquitur. — " The man is wise who says 
but little." 

Vires acquirii eundo. YinG. — " She acquires strength 

as she goes." The poet speaks of Fame, or Rumour. 

Virescit vuln^re virtus. — " Yirtue flourishes from a wound." 
Motto of the Earl of Galloway. 

Viri infelicis procul amlci. Sen. — " The friends of the un- 
fortunate man are at a distance." 

Viris forfibus non opus est moembm. — " Brave men have no 
need of walls." 

Virtus agrestiores ad se antmos alltcit. Cic. — "Yirtue al- 
lures to herself even the most uncultivated minds.'' 

Virtues ariete fortior. — "Yirtue is stronger than a battering- 
ram." Motto of the Earl of Abingdon. 

Virtus est mMium vitiorwm, et utrinque reductum. HoE. — 
" Yirtue is the mean between two vices, and equally re- 
moved from either." The golden mean. 

Virtus est una altisstmis defixa radlcihus, qu<p nunquam ulld 
vi Idhpfactdri potest. Cic. — "Yirtue is a thing which 
having once struck deep root, can never be shaken by any 
power." 

Virtus est vitium fug^re^ et sapientia prima 

Stultitid caruisse. HoE. 

— " It is virtue to fly from* vice, and the first step of 
wisdom is to be exempt from folly." Temptation is bet- 
ter avoided than combated. 

Virtus honCtnem jungit Deo. Cic. — " Yirtue unites man with 
God." 



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497 



Virtus in actione consistit. — "Yirtue consists in action." 

Motto of Lord Craven. 
Virtus in arduis. — "Yirtue," or " Yalour in danger." 

Adapted from Horace. 
Virtus lauddtur et alget. Juv. — "Yirtue is praised and 

starves." 
Virtue mille scuta. — " Yirtue is as good as a thousand shields." 

Motto of the Earl of Effingham. 
Virtue non aduenit a naturd, neque a doctrind, sed a numine 

divino. Sen. — " Yirtue proceeds not from nature, nor 

from education, but from the Deity." 
Virtus iwn est virtus nisi compdrem habet dliquem, in quo 

superando vim suam ostendat. Cic. — " Yirtue is not 

really virtue unless it has some associate, in excelling 

whom it may display its strength." 
Virtus prohdta Jlorehit. — "Approved \irtue will flourish." 

Motto of Earl Bandon. 
Virtus, recludens immeritis mori 

Caelum, negdtd tentat iter via ; 

Coetusque vulgdres, et udam 

Spernit Jiumum fugiente pennd. HoE. 

— " Yirtue, throwing open heaven to those who deserve 

not to die, directs her course by paths hitherto denied, 

and spurns with rapid wing the grovelling crowds and the 

foggy earth." 
Virtus repuUcB nescia sordldce 

hitdmindtis fulget hononbus ; 

Nee sumit aut ponit secures 

Arbitrio populdris aurce. Hoe. 

— " Yirtue, which knows no base repulse, shines with un- 
tarnished honours; she neither receives nor resigns the 

emblems of authority at the will of popular caprice." 
" Yirtue repulsed, yet knows not to repine. 
But shall with unattainted honour shine." Swift. 
Virtus requiei nescia sordidce. — "Yirtue which knows not 

mean repose." Motto of the Earl of Dysart. 
Virtus sine rdtione constdre non potest. Pliny the Younger. 

— " Without reason, virtue cannot subsist." 
Virtue sola nobilitat. — "Yirtue alone ennobles." Motto of 

Lord Walscourt. 

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Virtus sub cruce crescit, ad cethera tendens. — " Virtue grows 

under the cross, and tends towards heaven." Motto of the 

Earl of Charleville. 
Virtus vincit invidiam. — " Virtue subdues envy." Motto of 

Marquis Cornwallis. 
Virtate amh'ire oportet^ non favitorihus. 

Sat Jiabet favitorum semper qui rectefacit. Plaut. 

— " By merit, not by patrons, ought w^e to seek our ends. 

He who does well has always patrons enough." 
Virtute non astUtid. — "By virtue, not by cunning." Motto 

of Viscount Pery. 
Virtate, non verbis. — " By virtue, not by words." Motto of 

the Earl of Kerry, and of the Marquis of Lansdowne. 
Virtate quies. — "In virtue there is tranquillity." Virtue 

confers peace of mind. Motto of Lord Mulgrave. 
Virtutem doctrlna paret, naturdne donet ? Hoe. — " Does 

study produce virtue, or does nature bestow it on us ? " 
Virtutem incoliimem odmus, 

Subldtam ex ociilis qucEr1.mus invidi. Hoe. 

— " We hate virtue when present, but gaze after her with 

regret when she has passed from our sight." 
Virtatem verba putes, ut 

Lucum ligna ? Hoe. 

— " Do you consider virtue to consist merely of words, as 

a grove consists of trees ? " 
Virtates ita copuldtcb connexceque sunt^ ut omnes omnium par- 

t^dpes sint, nee alia ab alia possit separdri. Cic. — " The 

virtues are so closely joined and connected that they all 

partake of the qualities of each other, nor can they be 

separated." 
Virtuti nihil obstat et armis. — " Nothing can resist valour 

and arms." Motto of the Earl of Aldborough. 
Virtuti non armis Jido. — "I trust to virtue, not to arms." 

Motto of the Earl of Wilton. 
Virtafibus obstat 

JRes angusta domi. Jut. 

— " Straitened means stand in the way of virtues " of 

the more active exercise of charitable virtues. 
Virtatis avorum prcemium. — " The reward of the valour of 

my forefathers." Motto of Lord Templeton. 



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Virtatis ergo. — "Eor the sake of virtue." 
Virtatis expers verbis jacfans gloriam 

Ignotos fallit, notis est derisui. Ph^deus. 

— " A dastard who brags of his prowess, and is devoid of 

courage, imposes on strangers, but is the jest of those 

who know him." 
Virtatis fortana comes. — "Fortune is the companion of 

virtue." Motto of Lords Newhaven and Harberton. 
Virtatis laus omnis in actione consistit. Cic. — "All the 

merit of virtue depends upon the activity with which it is 

exercised." See Paulum sepultce^ &c. 
Virtatis ubernmum alimentum 

JEst Jionos. 

— " Honour is the chief support of virtue." 
Virtatisque viam deserit arduw. Hoe. — " And he deserts 

the arduous path of virtue." 
Virtutum omnium fundamentum pietas. — " Piety is the found- 
ation of all the virtues." 
Virtutum primam esse puta compescere linguam ; 

Proximus ille Deo est qui scit ratione tacere. Cato. 

— " Think it the first of virtues to restrain the tongue ; 

he approaches nearest to a god who knows when it is 

best to be silent." 
Virum bonum nee pretio, nee gratia, nee periculo a via recti 

dedad oportet. Ad Heeenn. — " A good man ought not 

to be drawn from the path of rectitude by wealth, by 

favour, or by danger." 
Virum improbum vel mus mordeat. Prov. — " A mouse even 

may bite the wicked man." Said of those who are pa- 
ralyzed by a bad conscience. 
Vis comica. — " Comic power," or "talent." 
Vis consUi expers mole ruit sua ; 

Vim temperdtam Di quoque provehunt 

In majus ; idem odere vires 

Omne nefas ammo moventes. Hoe. 

— " Force, without judgment, falls by its own weight ; 

moreover, the gods promote well-regulated force to further 

advantage: but they detest force that meditates every 

crime." 
Vis inertice. — " The power of inertness." The tendency of 

every body to remain at rest, and consequently to resist 

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motion. TJaed figuratively for indolence or mental inert- 
ness. 

Vis rede vlvere ? Quis non ? 

Si virtus hoc una potest dare ; fortis' omissis 
Hoc age deUciis. HoB. 

— " Would you live happily ? Who would not ? If 
virtue alone can confer this, disc4ird pleasures, and strenu- 
ously pursue it." 

Vis unita fortior. — "Power is strengthened by union." 
Motto of the Earl of Mountcashel. 

Viscus merus vestra est hlandUia. Plaut. — " Your coaxing 
is so much bird-lime." 

Visu carentem magna pars veri latet. Sen.—" A great part 
of the truth lies concealed from him who wants discern- 
ment." 

Visum visu. — "To see and be seen," or "Face to face." 
Whence most probably the French word vis-a-vis. 

Vita 

Cedat, uti convlva satur. Hoe. 

— "Let him withdraw from life, like a guest well filled." 
See Cur non^ &c. 

Vita enim mortubrum in memorid vivorum est posXta. Cic. 

" The life of the dead is retained in the memory of the 
living." 

Vita hominis sine Uteris mors est. — " The life of a man with- 
out letters is death." 
Vita lauddlnlis honi viri, honesta ergo quoniam lauddbilis. 

Cic. — "The life of the good man is praiseworthy, and 

being praiseworthy must be honourable." 
Vita patris.—'' In his father's lifetime." Often written v. p. 
Vita turpis ne morti quidem honestw locum relinquit. Cic. — 

" A life of shame leaves no room even for an honourable 

death." See Qiialis vita, <fcc. 
VitcB est dvtdu^j quisquis non vult 

Mundo secum pereunte mori. Sen. 

— " He is greedy of life who is unwilling to die when the 

world is perishing around him." 
VitcB 

Perdpit liumnnos odium, lucisque videndce^ 

TJtsibi consciscant moerenti pectdre letlium. Lucret. 

— " Hatred of life, and of beholding the light, seizes upon 



YIT. 



501 



men, to make them with sorrowing breast inflict death 
upon themselves." 

Vit(B post-scenia celant. Luceet. — " They conceal the 

secret actions of their lives." The Post-scenium was the 
part of the theatre behind the scenes, containing the 
robing-room ; hence it is here used in the plural, to signify 
secret actions hidden from the eyes of the world. 

Vit(B signum pulsus est. Med. Aphor.-^'' The pulse is the 
sign of life." 

Vitcs summa hrevis spem nos vetat inchonre longam. Ho». 

"The short span of life forbids us to encourage pro- 
longed hope." 

Vitcs via virtus.—" Yirtue is the way of life." Motto of the 
Earl of Portarlington. 

Vitam impendtre vero. Juv. — " To lay down one's life 

for the truth." See Ille igitur, &c. 

Vitam regit forii'ma, non sdpientia. Cic. — " Fortune governs 
this life, and not wisdom." 
•Vitanda est improba Siren 



Desidia. 



Hob. 



— " Sloth, that seductive Syren, is to be shunned.'* 
Vitdret caelum Fhaeton, si vJveret ; et quos 

Optdrat stulte, tangere nollet equos. Oyid. 

— " If Phaeton were living he would shun the skies, ana 

would be loth to touch the horses for which, in his folly, 

he vtdshed." 
Vitdvi denique culpam, 

Non laudem merui. Hob. 

— " I have avoided error, not merited praise." 
Vitia homtnum atque fraudes damnis, ignommiis, vinciilis, 

verbertbus, exiliis, morte mulctantur. Cic. — "The vices 

and frauds of men are punished with fines, ignominy, 

chains, stripes, exile, and death.'* 
Vitia nobis sub virtiltum nomine obrepunt. Sen. — "Yices 

creep upon us, under the name of virtues." Thus, avarice 

will palm itself ofi" under the name of economy. 
Vitia otii negotio discutienda sunt. Sen. — " The evils of sloth 

are only to be shaken off by attending to business." 
Vitiant artus cegrce contdgia mentis. Ovid. — " The diseases 

of the mind contagiously impair the bodily powers." 



502 



VIT— Yiy. 



Vitiis nemo sine nascttur ; optmus ille 

Qui mmmis urgetur. HoE. 

— " No man is born without faults ; he is the best who is 

burthened with fewest." 

Vitiis suis pervidendis ccecus est homo, in alienis perspicax. 
— -"Man is blind to his own faults, but quick at per- 
ceiving those of others." He readily sees "the mote in 
his brother's eye." 

Vitium capiunt ni moveantur aqua. — " Water becomes putrid 
if kept stagnant." 

Vitium commane omnium est, 

Quod nimium ad rem in senectd attenti sumus. Tee. 
— " It is a fault common to us all, that in old age we be- 
come too attached to worldly interests." 

Vitium exemplo prindpis inolescit. — " Vice, through the ex- 
ample of the prince, becomes fashionable." 

Vitium fuit, nunc mos est, asseiitdtio. Ste. — " Flattery, 
which was formerly a vice, is now a fashion." 

Viva voce.—" By the living voice." By oral testimony. 

Vivat ; et ahsentem, quoniam sic fata tuUrunt, 

Vivat, et auxilio suUevet usque suo. Ovid. 

— " May he live on ; and since the Fates have thus de- 
creed, may he live ever to relieve me, far, far away, by his 
aid. 

Vivat rex.—'' liOTi^ live the king." Vivat regina.—" Jjong 
live the queen." Vivant rex et regina.—'' Long live the 
king and queen." 

Vive memor lethi. Pees.—" Live mindful of death." 

Vive sine inv^did, mollesque ingldrius annos 
Exigej amidtias et tihijunge pares. Ovid. 

—"Live without envy; pass in obscurity thy tranquil 
years, and in friendship attach thv equals to thyself." 

Vive val^que.—''Uye and fare well." "Health and happi- 
ness." ^^ 

Vivendi recte qui prbrogat Tioram 

Rustlcus expectat dum dejluat amnis. Hoe. 

— " He who postpones the hour of living well, is like the 
peasant who waits until the river shall cease to flow." 
See Rusticus expectat, &c. 

Vivendum est tgitur, ut ed liherdUtdte utdmur, quce prosit ami- 



VIV. 



503 



cis, noceat nemini. Cic. — "We must make it our care 
then to exercise such liberality as may benefit our friends 
and injure no one." 

Vivendum est recte, cum propter plUrima, tunc his 
JPrceclpue causis, ut linguas mancipiorum 
Contemnas : nam lingua mali pars pess^ima servi. Juv. 
— " You should lead a correct life for many reasons, but 
especially for this, that you may defy the tongues of your 
domestics ; for the tongue is the worst part of a bad 
servant." 

Vivere sat, vincere. — " To conquer is to live enough." Motto 
of the Earl of Sefton. 

Vivere si recte nescis, decede peritis. Hoe. — " If you know 
not how to live aright, make way for those who do." 
" Learn to live well, or fairly make your will." Rope. 

Vmda vis dnimi. LrcEET. — " The strong force of the 
mind." The active powers of the understanding. 

Vivimus aliend Jiducid. Pliny the Elder. — " AVe live by 
trusting one another." 

Vivtmus in poster is. — " We live in our posterity." See Vita 
enim, &c. 

Vivit adhuc, vitamque tihi dehere fktetur. Ovid. — " He lives 
still, and acknowledges that he owes his life to you." 

Vivit post funera virtus. — "Virtue survives the grave." 
Motto of the Irish Earl of Shannon. 

Vlvite fdllces, quibus est fortUna peracta 

Jam sua ! Vieg. 

— " Live happily, ye whose destinies are already ful- 
filled!" Struggling onward, I can behold those without 
envy who have successfully terminated their labours. 
•Vlvite fortes. 



Fortiaque adversis oppomte pectora rebus. Hoe. 

— " Live as brave men, and bravely breast adversity." 
Viv'itur extguo melius : natura bedtis 

Omnibus esse dedit, si quis cognoverit uti. Claud. 

— " Men live best upon a little : nature has granted to all 

to be happy, if they did but know how to use her gifts." 
Vivitur parvo bene, cui paternum 

Splendet in mensd tenui salinum ; 

Nee leves somnos timor aut cupldo 

SordHus aufert. Hob. 



504 



YIV— VIX. 



— " He lives happily on a little whose paternal salt-cellar 
shines on his frugal board ; nor does fear or sordid covet- 
ousness disturb his quiet repose." 
■Vivo et regno ^ siviUl ista reliqui, 



QuvB vos ad caelum fertis rumore secundo. Hoe. 

— " I live and am a king, as soon as I have quitted those 

scenes which you extol to the skies in such high terms." 

Vivunt ii qui ex corporum vinculis, tanquam e carcPre, evold- 
runt. Cic. — " Those live who have escaped from the fet- 
ters of the body, as though from a prison." AVho are not 
chained down by fleshly lusts. 

Vivunt in Venerem frondes, etiam nemus omne per altum 
Felix arhor amat ; nutant ad mUtua palmcB 
Feeder a, popiileo suspJrat populus ictu^ 
Et pldtdni pldtanis, alnoque assihUat alnus. Claud. 

— " The leaves live but to love, and, throughout the whole 
lofty grove tlie happy trees indulge their loves ; palm, as 
it nods to palm, confirms their ties ; the poplar sighs for 
the poplar's embrace ; plane whispers to plane, alder to 
alder." Ancient intimation of the Sexual System of 
LinnaBus. 

Vix a te vWeor posse tenere rnanus. Ovid. — " I hardly seem 
to be able to keep my hands off you." 

Vix decXmus quisque est, qui ipsus sese nov^rit. Platjt. 

— " There is hardly one man in ten who knows himself." 

Vix duo tresve mihi de tot siiperesfisy amlci. 

Ccetera ForturuB, non mea turha^fuit. Ovid. 
— " Out of so many friends, scarcely two or three of you 
are now left to me. The rest of the crowd belonged to 
Fortune, not to me." 

Vix ea nostra voco. Ovid. — "I scarcely call these things 
our own." Motto of Lord Sundridge and the Earl of 
Warwick. 

Vix equidem credo, sed et insultdre jacenti 

Te mihi, nee verbis par cere, fama refert. Ovid. 

— " For my part I hardly believe it, but rumour says that 

you insult me now prostrate, and are not sparing of your 

reproaches." 

Vix mihi credetis, sed credUe, Troja maneret, 
Frceceptis Pridmi siforet usa sui. Ovid. 

— "You will hardly believe me, yet may believe me; 



YIX— YOL. 



505 



Troy would have been still standing if she had followed 

the advice of her Priam." 
Vix tamen er7piam, posito pavone, velis quin 

Hoc potius, quam gallind tergere palatum, 

Mara avis, et pictd pandat spectdcula caudd. HoR. 

— " Were a peacock placed on table, I should scarcely be 

able to prevail on you not to eat of it instead of a pullet, 

merely because it is a rare bird and makes a show with its 

gaudy tail." 
Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona 

Multi ; sed omnes illdcrymdhiles 

TTrgentur, ignotique longd 

Node, carent quia vate sacro. Hob. 

— " Many brave men lived before Agamemnon ; but all of 

them, unlamented and unknown, are whelmed in endless 

night, having found no sacred bard." 
Vocat in certdmina Divos. ViBG. — " He calls the gods 

to arms." 

Volat amblguis 



MohUis alis hora, nee ulli 

PrcEstat velox For tuna Jidem. Sen. 

— " The fleeting hour speeds on with doubtful wing, nor 

does hastening fortune keep faith with any one." 
Volenti non fit injuria. Law Max. — " No injury is done to 

a consenting party." This applies only to those who are 

by law considered responsible for their actions. 
Volitdre per ora virum. Ytbg. — " To hover on the lips 

of men." See Tentanda, &c. 
Volo, non vdleo. — " I am willing but unable." Motto of the 

Earl of Carlisle. 
Voluntas non potest cogi. — " The will cannot be forced." 
" He that complies against his will, 
Is of the same opinion still." — Hudihras II. 3. 547. 
Voluptas est malorum esca : quod ed non minus hommes 

Quam hamo capiuntur pisces. Plaut. 

— " Pleasure is the bait of misfortune ; for by it men are 

caught just as fishes are by the hook." 
Voluptdtes commendat rdrior usus. Juv. — " Pleasures 

sparingly enjoyed have a higher relish." 
Voluptdti moeror sequitur. — *' Sorrow follows indulgence." 
Voluptdti obsequens. Tee. — " Devoted to pleasure." 



506 



YOL—VUL. 



Voluptdmus se constHngendum dare.—'' To resign himself to 
the enthralment of pleasure." 

Vos, procul ! O procul I este projuni ! ViEO.— See Pro- 
cul, &c. 

Vos sapere et solos aio hene vivere, quorum 

ConspUitur nifidis funddta pecunia villis. HoB. 

—"I say that you alone are wise and live weU, whose 

wealth IS conspicuous in the elegance of your villas " 

Vos valete ! — " Tare ye well ! " 

VosvaUteet plaudite. Tee.—" Farewell, and give your ap- 
plause. This expression, or the words mausum date 
Cxrant applause," was used at the conclusion of the 
JLatm Comedies. 

yotavUa mea.-J'lsl.Y life is devoted." Motto of the Earl 

ot VVestmeath. 
Vox audita peril, litera scripta manet.—" The word that is 

heard passes away, the letter that is written remains" 

bee Litera scripta, &c. 
Voxclamantis in deserto.—'' Tlie voice of one cryine in the 

wilderness." See John i. 23. 
'^oxerat in cursu, cum me mea prodUit umbra. Ovid ■— 

" She was in the middle of her speech, when my shadow 

betrayed me. 

'^ox erat in cursu; vultum duUtantis Jiaheham. Ovid — 
* She was m the middle of her speech ; I had the look of 

one m doubt." 
Vox et prcBterea nihil— '' A voice and nothing more " A 

mere sound ; fine words without meaning. Said originaUy 

ol the nightingale. From the Greek. TU t. Her. pi 33 A 
-—^ox fauclbus hcBsit. ViEG.— " His voice cleaved to his 

tbroat. He was dumb through amazement and dread. 
^oxp^uh vox Dei.-- The voice of the people is the voice 

ot Ciod. A maxim of the opponents of the Jus divinum 

ot kings. The origin of it is not known, but it is quoted 

as a proverb by William of Malmesbury, who Hved in the 

early part of the twelfth century. 
Vox fjelklrum.—- The voice of the stars." A favourite title 

with the old Almanacs. 
Vulgdre amici nomen, sed rara est fides. Ph^d.— " The title 

of friend is common, but fidelity is rare." 
Yulgdto corpore mulier. Livt.—" An abandoned woman." 

4 



VUL— ZON. 



507 



■Vulgo audio 



Did, diem adimere cegritudmem hominihus. Tee. 
— " I hear it often said that time assuages human sorrow." 
Vulgus amicitias utilitdte prohat. Ovid. — " The multitude 
estimate friends by the advantages to be derived from 
them." 

Vulgm consuetadtnem pro lege hahet. — " It is a common 

error to consider usage as law." 
Vulgus ex ventdte pauca, ex opinione multa, astmat. Cic. — 

" The populace judge of few things on truthful grounds, 

of many from prejudice." 
Vulnera nisi sint tacta tractdtaque sandri non possunt. Liy. 

— " Unless wounds are handled and dressed they cannot 

be healed." 
Vulnus alit venis, et cceco carpltur igni. Yieg. — " She nour- 
ishes the poison in her veins, and is consumed by a secret 

flame." Said of Dido's secret passion for ^neas. 
Vultus animi janua et tabula. Cic. — " The countenance is 

the very portal and portrait of the mind." So Ecclus. xix. 

29, " A man is known by the eye, and the face discovers 

wisdom." 
Vultum est index animi. Prov. — "The countenance is the 

index of the mind." The opinion of Lavater and the 

physiognomists. 



Z. 

Zonam perdidit. Hoe. — " He has lost his purse." He is in 
desperate or distressed circumstances. 



k 



ni 



APPENDIX. 

A divitilus omnia magnifice fiunt. — " Everything is done 

magnificently by the rich." ° 

AsolU ortu usque ad occdsum.-"VTom sunrise to sunset." 
^6 tnopia ad virtutem obsepta est via. Teb.— " The road 
to virtue IS obstructed by poverty." See Ites angusta, &c. 

^'<Gorreruc7."=^°'^'^"'^ ""^^'^ '-^^'^ y-" 

Abut, excessit, evdsit, erupii. Cic— " He has departed fled 

rnn?fl \f T.r^'^ir ^^^^^"'^ description of th; ab-' 
rupt flight of the guilt-strickeD Catiline 

Abstt tnvidia.^'' All ofience apart." 

Absit omen.—'' May it not prove ominous." 

^'i^ff^^^ ^rnplet non segmbus annis.--lU fills up life 
mth deeds not with long years of indolence." 4n 
adaptation from the Elegy to Livia Augusta, generally 
attributed to Pedo Albinovanus. generally 

Ad amussim.—" According to line and rule." Exactly 

Ad nausea?n.—" So as even to create disgust " 

Ad osLentdtionem opum.—'' To show off" his wealth " 

Ad rem.—'' To the purpose." 

Adrn^nere voluimus, non mordere ; prodesse, non Icedere ; con- 
sulere morbis hommum, non officfre. Eeas.-« Our obiect 
IS to admonish, not to carpi to improve, not to ^oS 

oLtStteut^? '^^ ^'^ '~^ ^' -^^^'^ -^ *«' 
^ntudo animi, sine ulld rerum expectdtione meliore ~" De- 

spondency unmitigated by the prospect of better fortune " 
Agunt, non cogunt.-- They lead, not llrive " 

delFg^rottrryT'"^^"'-"^*^' ^°^ ^''' -« '"^^ 

Alii taurink foWbus auras 

Accipiunt redd unique. Vieg. 



ALI— AST. 



509 



— " Others draw in and eject the air from bellows made of 

bulls' hide." The Cyclops working their bellows. 
Aliquis in omnibus, nullum in singulis. Scal. — " Somebody in 

all, nobody in each." Jack of all trades, master of none ! 
Alter alterius auxilio eget. Sall. — " One requires the aid 

of the other." 
Alter ego. — "A second self." A bosom friend. 
Amid qui diu abfuerunt, in mutuos ruunt amplexus. — "Friends 

who have been long separated rush into each other's 

embraces." 
Amor laudis et patriae pro stipendio est. — " Love of praise 

and of our country are their own reward." In the con- 
sciousness of having acted rightly, 
Amore nihil molliu^, nihil violentius. — "Nothing is more 

tender, nothing more violent, than love." 
An ideo tantum veneras ut exlres ? Maet. — " Did you then 

come only to go away again ? " See Cur in, &c. 
Anathema maran-dtha. — "May he be cursed, and may the 

Lord at his coming take vengeance on him." See 1 Cor. 

xvi. 22. The first word is Grreek, the second Syriac. 
Angusta ut1,tur fortilnd. Cic. — "He is in narrow circum- 
stances." His means are small. 
Angusta via est qu(S ducit ad vitam. — " Narrow is the way 

which leadeth to life." Matt. vii. 14. 
Animal implUme bipes. — "A two-legged animal without 

feathers." Said to have been Plato's definition of man. 
Ammus non deficit cequus. — " A well-regulated mind is not 

wanting." Motto of Lord Gwydyr, taken from Horace, 

Ep. 1. 12. 30. 
Annus inceptus habetur pro completo. Law Max. — " A year 

entered on is reckoned as completed." 
Aqua pumpdgmis. — A cant expression with medical men 

for "spring water." The second word, we need hardly 

say, is dog Latin. 
Aquce gutted saxa excavant. — " Dropping water hollows out 

rocks." See Stillicidi casus, &c. 
Arcades ambo. ViEG. — " Both Arcadians," — used ironically 
to signify " a pair well-matched " or " Birds of a feather.'*' 

See Par nobile fratrum. 
Astra castra, numen lumen. — " The stars are my camp, the 



2 '^ 1 



> 



510 



AST— CiET. 



Deky my light." A verbal quibble, the motto of the Earl 
01 -Dalcarraa. 

ABtrictus necessitate. Cic— " Compelled by necessity.' ' 

ftt T-('''^'?;~" ^"* ""y ^°V^ w -^ot broken." Motto 
ot the Jlarl of Hopetoun. 

Aurea mediocrUas.--Th^ golden mean" between great 
wealth and poverty. See Auream quisquis, &c. 

Auspmum melius ^i.-"A presage of better times." 
Motto of the Duke of St. Alban's 

^IjTfVf "Tir" ^° '=°°'3"^'" o*- to die." Motto of 
the late Duke of Kent. 

Avi numeranturavorum. Vieg.-"I boast of a long train 
of ancestors." Motto of Lord Grantley. See Genus im. 
inortale, &c. 

^15" f''/''^/r''^'-"7"S? fl^^^isl^es with ancestral honours." 
Motto of the Earl of Bute. 



B. 

Bads virtutum constantia.^- Steadiness is the basis of all 

the virtues." Motto of the Viscount Hereford. 
^ellum internecinum.—'^ A war of extermination " 
Jiene nati bene vestlti, et medibcriter docti.--^' WeU born 
well clothed, and moderately learned." The qualifications 
required ol a Fellow, by the statutes of All Souls College! 

Bonum magis carendo quam fruendo cernttur. Prov — " We 

?L^r'v t'^^'^'t '^''?,^^^ ^^^ good which we have not, than 
that which we have." 

C. 

Cacoethes loquendi.^'' An itch for speaking." 

Ccelia ridens 

Ust Venus, incedens Juno, Minerva loquens. 

— taeha laughing, is beauteous as Venus; walking ma- 

jestic as Juno ; speaking, wise as Minerva." ^' 

tzclr^.'"''''' ''^^^ '^^"^ ^^-^•" ^-^ ^^^-1 



CAS— COE. 



511 



Casta morihus et Integra pudore. Maet.— " Of chaste morals 

and irreproachable modesty." 
Cave ah homme unius lihri. — " Beware of the man of one 

book." He is the most likely to have mastered it 

thoroughly. See Romo unius, &c. 
Cedat amor rebus, res age, tutus eris. Ovin. — "Let love 

give way to business, attend to business and you will be 

safe." See Quijinem, &c. 
Clamorem ad sidera mittunt. Statius.— " They send their 

shouts to the stars." The welkin rings with their cries. 
Coelitus mihi vires. — " My strength is from heaven." Motto 

of Viscount Ranelagh. 
Commune quodcutnque est lucri. Ph^ed.— "A windfall is 

common property." The law of the road, that when two 

persons make a lucky " find " they go halves. 
Compendia, dispendia. Prov. — " A short cut is a losing cut." 

" The longest way about is the shortest way home." 
Conando Qrceci Trojd potlti sunt. — " By trying, the Greeks 

became masters of Troy." A translation from Theocritus. 

See 'Ee Tpoiav, &c. 
Conscius lihidmum. Cic. — " A partner in his debaucheries." 
Consequitur quodcunque petit. — "He attains whatever he 

aims at." Motto of the Marquis of Headfort. 
Consilium ne sperne meum, tibi fausta parantur. — " Despise 

not my advice, auspicious days await you." 
Consuetudo malorum bonos mores contammat. — " The com- 
panionship of the wicked corrupts good morals." See 

4>d£tpov<Tiy, &C. _ . 

Contempsi glddium CatiUnce, non pertimescam tuos. Cic. — 

" I have despised the sword of Catiline, I shall not dread 
yours." 

Contr aetata jure, contrdrio jure pereunt. Law. Max. — "Pri- 
vileges established by one law are abrogated by the pro- 
visions of an opposite law." 
Cooperante c?ia5oZo.— " With the assistance of the devil." 
Copia verborum. — " A copious stock of words." 
Cor et mentem colere n'ltmur. — " We endeavour to improve 
the heart and the mind." Motto over the entrance of a 
school at Marquise, between Calais and Boulogne. 
Cor unum, via una. — " One heart, one way." Motto of the 
Marquis of Exeter. 



i 



i; 



612 



CRU— DOM. 



Cruci dum spiro fido. — " While I breathe I put my trust in 
the cross." Motto of Viscount Galway. 

Cujus gloricB n^que profuit quisquam laudaiido ; nee vitupe- 
rando quisquam nocuit. — ** Whose glory no praises could 
enhance, no censure injure." 

Cum permissu snperiorum. — " With permission of the supe- 
rior authorities." 

Cur omniwn Jit culpa paucorum scelus ? — " Why should the 
wickedness of a few be deemed the guilt of all ?" 

Curiosafellcltas. Petr. Abb.—" Studied happiness," or art- 
ful artlessness of style. 

D. 

De honisnon. Law Term,—'' Of goods not (administered)," 
administratis being understood. Where all the personalty 
of an intestate has not been administered to, and a new 
administrator is appointed, he is technically known as an 
"administrator de bonis non.'' 

Decori decus addit av/to.—''lle adds new lustre to the 
honours of his forefathers." Motto of the Scotch Earl 
of Kellie. 

Dejecta arhore quivis ligna colligit. Prov.-—" When the tree is 
down, every one gathers wood." See Apvoc TTi(Tovar]Q, &c. 

Deo adjuvante, non timendum.—'' God assisting, there is no- 
thing to be feared." Motto of Earl Fitzwilliam. 

Detur digniori,—'' Let it be given to the most worthy." 

Dens ex machmd. Prov.—'' A. god from the clouds." An 
expression implying unexpected aid in an emergency. In 
allusion to the mode in which, in the Greek and Roman 
theatres, the divinities were launched on the stage by the 
aid of mechanism. See Nee Dens, &c., and Qihg k fivxf^vrjg. 

Disjecta membra.— '' The scattered limbs." See Disjecti 
membra poetce. 

Disputandi pruritus ecclesidrum scabies.—'' The itch of disputa- 
tion will prove the scab of the church." A favourite saying 
of Sir Henry Wotton, inscribed on his tomb at Eton. 

Domine, dirlge nos.—" O Lord ! direct us." The motto of the 
city of London. 

Domini pudet, non servitHtis. Sen.—" I am ashamed of my 
master, not of my servitude." 



DOM— FAC. 



513 



Dominus providebit.—" The Lord will provide." Motto of 

the Earl of Glasgow. See Gen. xxii. 8. 
Dotdt(B uxores mactant malo et damno viros. Plaut. 

" Well-dowered wives involve their husbands in misfortiine 

and ruin." 

Ducit amor patricB.—" The love of my country leads me on " 

Motto of Baron Milford. 
Dulce sodalitium. Maet.— "A happy association." A 

sweet society. 

E. 

E fungis nati Umtn€s.—"'Men sprung from mushrooms" 
Upstarts. 

Erimus,fortass€, quando illi non erunt.—"We shall perhaps 

survive, after they have ceased to exist." 
Et decus etpretium recti.—" At once the ornament and the 

reward ofvirtue." Motto of the Duke of Grafton. 
Et nos quoque tela sparsimus.—"We too have flunff our 

darts." Motto of Earl Moira. 
Ex alieno tergore lata secantur lora. Prov. — " Broad thongs 

are cut from another man's leather." 
Ex sese. Cic— " From himself." He has risen by his own 

industry. 

Excessit mediclna malum. — "The remedy has done more 
than the disease." 

Excessus in jure reprobdtur. Law Max.—" Excess is con- 
demned in the law." See Jus summum, &c. 

Eximius prcestanti corpore taurus. ViEG. — " A bull ex- 
celling in beauty." 

ExUus acta probat.—" The result proves the deed." " All *8 

well that ends well." 
Expectans expectdvi.—" I waited patiently." The beginning 

of the fortieth Psalm. 
Experientia stultorum magistra. Prov.—" Experience is the 

teacher of fools." They can only be taught by suffering. 

F. 

Facile consilia damus dliis. — " We easily bestow advice on 
others." 

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Facile primus, — "By far the first." 

Fax mentis incendium gloricB. — " The flame of glory is the 

torch of the mind." Motto of the Earl of Granard. 
Fidei commissum. Law Term. — "Entrusted to faith." In 
the Eoman law a species of testamentary disposition, in 
reliance on the good faith of the heir. 

Fides carhondria, — "The coal-heaver's faith," or "belief." 
A comparatively modern expression, said to have originated 
in the following circumstance : A coal-porter, being asked 
what he believed, made answer, " What the Church be- 
lieves;" and on being asked what the Church believed, 
replied, "What I believe." According to some of the 
French authorities, it means, " A simple, blind, unreason- 
ing faith." 

Fidus Achates. Yikg.— " The faithful Achates." A character 
in the -^neid, somewhat indistinctly drawn, but always at 
the side of ^neasin his numerous perils and misfortunes. 
Hence a faithful friend is sometimes called a Fidus Achates, 
but the phrase is more commonly used in an ironical 
sense. 

Fidus et audax. — "Faithful and intrepid." Motto of the 
Earl of Lismore. 

Finis ecce labor urn ! — " Behold the end of ray toils !" 

Flecti, non frangi.—''To bend, not to break." Motto of 
Viscount Palmerston. 

Flumtna rajpide suhs'idunt. — " Swollen rivers subside ra- 
pidly." 

Forte scutum salus ducum.— " A strong shield is the safety of 

leaders." Motto of Earl Fortescue. 
Fortis suh forte fatiscet.—'' Even a brave man will succumb 

to fortune." Motto of the Earl of Upper Ossory. 
FortHer, fideVder, felicder.—'' Boldly, faithfully, success- 
fully." Motto of Viscount Monk and Lord Hutchinson. 
Fortuna multis parcere in poenam solet. Labes. — " Fortune 

spares many only to punish them." 
Fortuna sua e cujusque Jingitur morihus. — "Every man's 

fortune is shaped by his own conduct." 
Fratres diligde, et matris consilia ne aspernamini. — "Love 

your brethren, and despise not your mother's counsel." 
Fraus latet in generdUhus. Law Max. — " In generalities 

fraud lies concealed." 



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Fremunt immdni turhine venti. Ovid. — " The winds 

rage in a tremendous storm." 

Frons dommi plus prodest quam occipitium. — " The forehead 
of the master is more useful than his hindhead." A proverb 
quoted by Cato and Pliny the Elder. The eye and thought 
of the master are necessary to the success of his business. 

Fures clamor em. Frov. — " Thieves raising the hue and cry," 
that they have been robbed. See Clodius accusat, &c. 



G. 

Gaudet tentdmine virtus. Luc. — " Virtue rejoices in tempt- 
ation." Motto of the Earl of Dartmouth. 

Oulaplures occldit quam glddius, estque fomes omnium ma- 
lorum. Fb. Pateicius, Bishop of Gaeta.--'' The gullet 
kills more than the sword, and is the fuel that kindles all 
evils." 

H. 

Habet Deus suas horas et 7noras. — " God has his hours and 
his delays." 

HistoricB decus est^ et quasi amma, ut cum eventis causcB copu- 
lentur. Bacon de Aug. Scien. — " It is the beauty and, 
as it were, the soul, of history, that events are duly con- 
nected with their causes." 

Hoc genus omne. HoR. — "All that class of men." 

Generally used in a contemptuous sense. 

Honor est a Mlo. — " Honour is from the Nile." Dr. Bur- 
ney's celebrated anagram upon the name of Horatio Nelson. 

Mostes magis assidui quam graves. — " Enemies rather assidu- 
ous than powerful." 

Hostis honori invidia. — "An enemy's envy is an honour." 
Motto of the Earl of Harborough. 



I. 

JTias malorum. Cic. — " A whole Iliad of woes." See 'IXtac 

KaKtOV. 

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Imminente lund. HoE.—" By the light of the moon.*' 
Imperio regit unus cequo. Hoe.—" He alone rules all with 

justice." Motto of Sir Robert Gunning. 
In articulo mortis.—"' At the point of death." 
In ferrum pro libertdte ruebant.—*' For liberty they rushed 

upon the sword." Motto of the Earl of Leicester. 
In hoc signo »pes mea.^'' In this sign is my hope." Motto 

of Viscount Taaffe. ^ 

In me consumpsit vires fortuna nocendo.—'' Fortune has ex- 
hausted on me her power in the injury which she has 
done me." 

In pretio pretium nunc est ; dat census Jiondres, 

Census amicitias ; pauper uhlque jacet. OyiD. 

~" Money now is the only thing prized ; wealth alone 
gives honours, health gives friendships; the poor man is 
everywhere despised." 

In statu pupilldri.—" In the condition of a pupil." All 
students at the University, under the degree of Master of 
Arts, are in statu pupillari. 

Incultum ac derelictum solum.—'' An uncultivated and neg- 
lected soil." ^ 

Indignante itivididflorebit Justus.— '' In spite of envy the just 
man will flourish." Motto of the Earl of Glendore. 

Inepta patris lenUas, et facilitas prava.--" The foolish lenity 
and mischievous indulgence of a father." 

Ingenia gravia et solemnia, ac mutdri nescia, plus plerumque 
habent dignitatis quam felicitdtis. Bacon de Augmen. 
/Scien.— ' Men whose minds are stern, solemn, and inflex- 
ible enjoy, m general, more dignity than happiness." 

Ingentes virtutes ingentia vitia. Livy.— " Great virtues often 
lead to great vices." 

Ingrdtus est, qui benejlcium se accepisse negat quod accepit ; 
tngratus, qui dissimulat ; ingrdtus, qui non reddit ; inqrL 
tusmus omnium, qui oblUus est. Oic— « He is ungrate- 
tul who denies that he has received a kindness when he 
has received it ; ungrateful who conceals the fact that he 
has received it ; ungrateful who does not return it • but 
the most ungrateful of all is he who forgets it." ' 
Lique brevi spatio mutantur scscla animantum, 

Et quasi cursores vitdi lampada tradunt. Lfceet. 

— " And in a short space of time the tribes of living crea- 



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tures are changed (by successive generations), and, like 
the racers, deliver the torch of life (from hand to hand)." 
In allusion to the torch-race at the festival of Vulcan at 
Athens, when the runners handed a lighted torch from 
one to another, and he who carried the torch lighted to 
the end of the course was proclaimed victor. See Aaa- 

Insitd homimbus libidtne alendi de industrid rumbres. " The 

natural propensity of mankind to propagate reports with 
eagerness." 

Instar omnium.^'' Equal to all the others." mato est mihi 
instar omnium. Cic. 

Intamindtis hononbus. Hoe.—" "With unspotted honours." 
Motto of Lord St. Helens. 

Invitum sequitur honos.—'' Honour follows him even against 
his will." Motto of the Marquis of Donegal. 

Iram qui vincit, Jiostem superat maximum. — " He who con- 
trols his anger subdues his greatest enemy." 



J. 

Jacta est alea.-'' The die is cast." The words of Csesar on 
passing the Rubicon. 

JejUnus venter non audit verba libenter. — " A hungry belly 
has no ears." A mediaeval Leonine proverb. 

Judicdta res pro veritdte acdpitur. Law Max. — " An award 
that has been made is received as a just precedent." 

Jus omnium in omnia, et consequenter bellum omnium in 
omnes.—" Where all men have a right to all things, the 
consequence is war of all men with all men." The na- 
tural state of man, as described by Hobbes. 

Justum ab injustis petere insipientia est. Plaut.— "It is 
folly to expect justice at the hands of the unjust." 



K. 

^w<7o5.—" Praise," "glory," or "fame." From the Greek 
Kv^oQ, which has almost become a dictionary word in the 
English language. 



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L. 



Labor ipse voluptas,—'''Eyeii labour itself is a pleasure" 
Motto of Lord King. ^ 

Lahordre est ordre. Frov.—'' To labour is to pray." To the 
same effect as the proverb that says, " The gods help those 
who help themselves." See Qui lahorat, &c. (App ) 

Lachrymd nil citius arescit. Cic— " Nothing dries up sooner 
than a tear." ^ 

Lateat sdntilliiJa forsan.—'' Perchance a small spark may 
he concealed." The motto of the Eoyal Humane So- 
ciety. 

Latrantes ride ; te tuafama manei.—'' Laugh at cynics • your 

well-earned fame awaits you." ' 

Lent us in dicendo, et penefrigUus orator, Cic— " An orator 
tedious m delivery and almost freezing." 

Levins Jit patientid 

Quicquid corrigere est nefas. HoE. 

--" Misfortunes which we cannot prevent are mitigated 
by resignation." "What can't be cured must be en- 
dured, says the old proverb. 
Libera me ab honiine malo, a meipso. St. Afgustin.— " De- 
liver me from the evil man, even from myself" 
Lingua, Tropus, Batio, JSTumerus, Tonus, Angiilus, Astra 
Bus, Nemus, Arma, Faber, Vulnera, Lana, Bates. ' 
—Literally, " Tongue, trope, reason, number, tone, angle 
stars ; country, grove, arms, workman, wounds, wool' 
ships, in the first line the ancients summed up the artes 
tngenucBOT liberales ; the ingenuous arts, which might be 
practised, according to their notions, without disgrace by 
Ireemen : " Language, Rhetoric, Logic, Arithmetic, Music 
Geometry, and Astronomy." In the latter line were in-' 
eluded the mechanical arts, practised only by slaves- 
Agriculture, propagation of Trees, manufacture of Arms 
Carpenter's work. Medicine, Weaving, and Ship-buildiuff "' 
Lucernam olet. Prov.—'^li smells of the lamp." It is a 

studied composition. 
Lustis anlmo debent aliquando dari, 

Ad cogitandum melior ut redeat sibi. Ph^deus. 

— " The mind ought occasionally to be indulged with re- 



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laxation, that it may, with increased vigour, return to 
study." 

M. 

Malitia supplet a-tdtem. Law Max. — " Malice supplies the 
want of age." Children at a certain age are to bear the 
punishment of their actions if malice prepense can be 
shown. 

Malo mori quam fceddri. — "I had rather die than be dis- 
graced." The motto of the Earl of Athlone. 

Malum est mulier, sed necessdriutn malum. — " Woman is an 
evil, but a necessary evil." 

Manifesta phreuf'sis, 

TJt locuples moridris, egenti vlvere fato. Jirv. 

— " It is evident madness to live in penury that you may 

die rich." 

Manus hcec inimica tyrannis. — " This hand is hostile to ty- 
rants." Motto of the Earl of Carysfort. 

Maximum miraculum homo sapiens. — "A wise man is (now- 
a-days) the greatest of prodigies." 

Med 

Virtute me involvo. Hoe. 

— " I wrap myself in my own virtue." As the philoso- 
pher in his cloak. 

Medicina mortuorum sera est. Quintil. — " Medicine is too 
late for the dead." 

Medicus non dat quod pdtiens vult, sed quod ipse bonum scit. 
— " A physician does not prescribe what his patient 
wishes, but what he himself knows to be good." 

Meliorlbu^ auspiciis. — " Under more favourable auspices." 

Melius fuerat non scribere, namque tacere 

Tutum semper erit. 

— " It had been better not to write, for silence is always 

safe." 

Mens Sana in corpore sano. Juy. — " A sound mind in a 
sound body." 

Miles, Mercdtor, Stultus, MarJtus, Amdtor. — " Soldier, Mer- 
chant, Fool, Husband, Lover." An ancient line, assigning 
a character to each finger, beginning with the thumb. It 
seems intended for an Hexameter, but has a false quantity. 



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MIL— isriM. 



^5^ .1 .''''f ^'^f ^^^'^^^^ HoR.~«I too haye fought 

not without glory." He alludes to his skirmishes in the 
wars of love. See Militat omnis, &c. 

Multa bibem ac multa vorans.—'^ Drinking much and de- 
vouring much." 

Mums aheneus conscientia sana.^" A clear conscience is a 
waU of brass." Motto of the Earl of Scarborough 

Mutarevelttmere sperno.—-! scorn either to change or to 
fear." Motto of the Duke of Beaufort. ^ 



:^ecpUcmcontentusquieteest.-^^^^ov is he contented in 
wXgU. " "^ '^' ^'^ '^ Peterborough, adapted 

^ecprece necpretio.-^^ Neither by entreaty nor by bribe " 
Motto of Viscount Bateman. ^ 

J^ec quwrere nee spernere hondrem.-^^^ Neither to hunt after 
brokf ^'^''^ honours." Motto of Viscount Boling- 

me reae nee populo sed utroque.-- Neither for king nor 
people, but for both." Motto of Lord Rolle ^ 

^Z*!f''P.^V'f'^'--''^^^^^^'^ rashly nor timidly" 
Motto of the Earl of Darlington and Viscount BulS' 

yet l^e f ^r- " " '^' ''^' '^ '^" ^^^ *^-^ ^^ -7 
iV^cio quideurt^ semper ahest rei. Hoe.-« Something is 

ever wanting to render our fortunes complete " ^ 
Mdper saltum.-.^^ Nothing is done with a leap." A part 

of Bacon s maxmi. Nihil faeit natura per saltum. AU the 

operations of nature are gradual 

ThinT^/rf '^^'^"^^^^^^S: that is like is the same." 
Things that ai-e similar are not identical. 

Lru^ly:-"'^''- «^— "He attempts nothing inju- 

"l^t^^ s^'ong.'' ''"'^'''' '^*^'^' ^'''^•""" ^^*^"^g ^^ ^^^ti^g 

^onT tt:!'-^' 'T;.-^^^-; ^''' ^ ^"^•" I^ this opin. 
ion, m this way of thinking, I take my stand. ^ 



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Mmium nee lauddre nee Icedere.-^" Neither to praise nor to 
censure too much." 

Mbilitdtis virtus, non stemma, character.—'' Virtue, not pedi- 
gree, should characterize nobility." Motto of the Mar- 
quis of Westminster. 

Nomindtim. — " By name." 

Non antmi euros demunt montes auri et superha atria. 

" Neither heaps of gold nor superb halls can remove the 
cares of the mind." 

Non est disputandum.—'' It is not to be disputed." There is 

no disputing. 
Non est usus ullius rei consociandus cum improho. Ph.ed. 

"In all our dealings we should shun association with a 

dishonest man." 

Non est vendtor quivis per cornuaflator. — " Not every one is 
a huntsman that blows a horn." A medieval Leonine 
proverb. 

Non generant aquilce coZwwJa*.—" Eagles do not produce 
pigeons." Motto of the late Earl Eodney, adapted from 
Horace. 

Non indiaet calcdrtbus.—" He needs no spur." Said by De 
Eoe of the Devil. Erom the remark of Isocrates concern- 
ing Ephorus, that he needed the spur in his compositions. 

Non mi aurumposco, nee mi pretium.—'' I seek not gold, nor 
am I to be bought." 

Non numero hcec judicantur sed ponder e. Cic. — "These 
things are not to be estimated by their number, but by 
their importance." 

Non plus aurum tibi quam monedUlce committebant. — Cic. 
— " They would no more trust gold to you than they would 
to a jackdaw." A proverbial expression in allusion to the 
thievish propensities of that bird. 

Non pros. Law Term.— A. contraction of " non prosequitur.'" 
"He does not prosecute." A judgment entered against 
the plaintiff, in a suit where he does not appear to prose- 
cute, is so called. See Nolle prosequi. 

Non versiones sed eversiones. — " Not versions but eversions." 
Said by St. Jerome of the Latin Versions of the Scrip- 
tures used in his day. 

Nosee teipsum.—'' Know thyself" See ^ ccelo descendit, 
and Trwdi tnavToy. 



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Nullius honijucunda possessio sine socio. — "Of no blessing can 

the enjoyment be perfect, unless it be shared with a friend." 
J^ullum quod tetlgit non orndvit.—'' He attempted nothing 

that he did not embellish." From Dr. Johnson's epitaph 

on Goldsmith. 
Nullum tarn impudens menddcitm est ut teste edreat. Pliny 

the Elder.—'' There is no lie so bare-faced as to be at a loss 

for a voucher." 

JS'unc out nunquam.—" :Now or never." Motto of the Earl 
of Kilmorey. 

JV^unquam non pardtus. — "Never unprepared." Motto of 

the Marquis of Annandale. 
mper idoneus. Hoe.— " Lately fit for." Or, some time 

ago I was equal to this. 

0. 

O amdri dies ! O fleUles nodes !—" Oh ! agonizing davs ' 
Oh! nights of tears ! " & J - 

O dea certe. Viro.— " surely a divinity." 

" goddess, for no less you seem." 
O mors, ero mors tua.—''0 death, I will be thy death" 

Motto of a Society called the Black Society. 
Occupdri in multis et magnis negotiis.—'' To be engaged in 

various and important affairs." 
Ociilum non curdhit sine toto capXte, 
Nee caput sine toto corpore. 
Nee totum corpus sine ammd. 

—" The physician cannot cure the eye while the head is 
diseased, nor the head while the bodily system is de- 
ranged, nor the body while the mind is ill at ease." 
Omnia bona bonis.—'' AW things are good to good men" 

Motto of Lord Wenman. 
Omnia vendlia nummo.—" All things are to be bought with 

money." Everything has its price. 
Omnis sorsferendo superanda est.—" Every lot is to be over- 
come by endurance." 
Ora et labora.—" Fray and work." Motto of the Earl of 

Dalhousie. See Zaborare, &c. 
Ore rotundo.—" With round mouth," i. e. with a full-sound- 
ing, or eloquent mouth. 



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Parvi suntfiris arma, nisi est consilium domi. Cic. — " Arms 
are worth little abroad, if there is not wisdom at home." 

Patientia l(Bsa Jit furor.— " Patience abused becomes fury." 

FatUur qui vincit.—" He suffers who conquers." Motto of 
Lord Kinnaird. No victory is to be obtained without 
some inconvenience. 

Patria cara, carior libertas. — "Dear is my country, but 
dearer is liberty." Motto of the Earl of Eadnor. 

Pauci dignoscere possunt 

Vera bona, atque illis multum diversa. Jfv. 
— " Few men can discriminate between things which are 
really good, and those which are of a very different na- 
ture." 

Paulopostfuturum.—" A Utile after the future." The name 
of one of the Greek tenses facetiously translated, used 
ironically to signify something remotely distant, or post- 
poned to an indefinite period. 

Paupertas durum onus miseris mortdlibus. — " Poverty is a 
cruel burden to miserable man." 

Paupertdtis pudor et fuga.—" The shame and dread of po- 
verty." 

Per angusta adaugusta.—" Through difficulties to grandeur." 
Motto of the Earl of Massarene. 

Per ardua liberi.—" Through difficulties we obtain free- 
dom." Motto of Lord Camelford. 

Per mare, per terras.—" By sea and land." Motto of Baron 
Macdonald. 

Periculum fortitUdine evdsi.—" I have escaped danger by 
fortitude." Motto of Lord Hartland. 

Perimus licUis.—"We perish by things permitted." A 
favourite saying of Sir Matthew Hale. Those vices are the 
most insidious of which the law takes no positive cog- 
nizance. 

Plausu petis clarescere vulgi.—" Tou seek celebrity through 
the plaudits of the mob." 

Plus e meddco quam e morbo perieuli. — " There is more to be 
feared from the physician than from the disease." 

Porro unuvi est necessdrium. — " Moreover one thing is need- 



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POS— QUI. 



fill." Motto of the Duke of Wellington and Marquis 
Wellesley. ^ 

Post prcBlia prcemia.—'' After battle rewards." Motto of 

the Lord Rossmore. 
I^ost tot naufragia tutus. ^"- Safe after so many shipwrecks " 
Fostremus in pugnd, pnmus in fug a.—'' The last to %ht, the 

first to fly." 

Prima virtus est vitio carere. Quintil.— " The bednninff 

of excellence is to be free from error." 
Pro qualitdte iempdris.^'' According to the nature of the 

emergency." 

Pro rege et patrid.—'' For my king and country." Motto of 
the Earl of Leven. 

Pro rege etpopulo.—" For the king and the people." Motto 
of Lord De Dunstanville. 

Pro rege, lege, grege.—'^ For the king, the law, and the peo- 
pie." Motto of Lord Brougham. 

Proceras deficit arhores procella veh^mens.-^" A violent storm 
uproots lofty trees." 

Prodesse quam conspwi.—^' To do good rather than be con- 
spicuous." Motto of Lord Somers. 

Puellis idoneus. Hoe.— " A ladies' man." 

Q. 

Qu^ amissasalva.—'' What was lost is safe." Motto of the 

Larl of Kmtore. 
Quails rex, talis gr ex. ^<^ As the king is, so are his subjects " 
Qui laborat or at. St. AuQusTiif .— " He who labours pravs " 

See Lahorare, &c. F j^- 

Qui me amat, amat et canem meufn. Prov.—'' Who loves me 

loves my dog." Quoted by Saint Bernard. 
Qui Stat, vjdeat ne cadat.^- Let him who stands take heed 

lest he fall." See 1 Cor. x. 12. 

Qui uti scit, ei bona.— -He should possess wealth who 

Knows how to use it." 
Quicquid sihi imperdvit anmus, ohtinuit. Sen.—" Whatever 

the mind enjoins on itself as an object, it attains " 
Q^^dest digmtasindigno nisi circulus aureus in ndnbussuis ? 

SiLjiANus.-"What IS honour to the unworthy, but a 

golden ring m a swine's snout ?" ^ 






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Quid ohserdtis auribus fundis preces ? HoE. — " Why persist 

in your importunity to ears that are closed ?" 
Quis erit innocens, si clam vel palam accusdre sufficiat? 

" Who would be innocent, if mere accusation, secret or 

open, could convict ? " 
Quis noninveniet turhd quod amdret in Hid ? Ovid. " Who 

can fail to find in such a medley something to please 

him?" 

Quis separdhit nos .?— " Who shall separate us ?" 

Quod ab initio non valet, tractu temporis convalescere non po- 
test. Law Max.---'' That which is invalid from the first, 
cannot be made valid by lapse of time." 

Quod est inconveniens et contra rationem non est permissum 
tn lege. Law Max.—'' Whatever is inconsistent with it- 
self and contrary to reason is not permitted by law." 

Quod fieri non debuit, factum valet. Coke.—" That which 
ought not to have been done, when done holds good." A 
marriage, for instance, at an illegal age. 

Quod stulte susc1.p1.tur, impie geritur, miser efin'itur.—''' What 
is foolishly conceived, is wickedly executed, and has a 
wretched termination." 



E. 

Recte et suaviter.—'' Uprightly and mildly." Motto of Lord 

Scarsdale. 
Helicta sunt cuncta neglecta apud ilium.--" Everything in his 

house is left neglected." Everything lies in 'disorder. 
Pes notes, aique ad omnes pervulgdta.—'' Things well known, 

and spoken of universally." 
-Pipa irremedbilis undce. ViEG.— "The bank of the 



stream never to be repassed." 



S. 



Saldrium non dat multis salem.—" To many salary does not 
give salt." In many official situations the salary is not 
equal to the expense. 

Sapientia vino obumbrdtur. Plint the jE/^.—" Wisdom 






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POS— QUI. 



ful." Motto of the Duke of Welliiigton and Marquis 
Wellesley. 

Post prcBlia prcsmia.—'' After battle rewards." Motto of 

the Lord Rossmore. 
Fost tot naufragia tutus.—'' Safe after so many shipwrecks." 
Fostremus in pugnd, primus in fug a.—'' The last to fight the 

first to fly." ' 

Prima virtus est vitio carere. Quintil.—" The beginning 

of excellence is to be free from error." 
Fro qualitdte tempdris. — " According to the nature of the 

emergency." 

Fro rege et patrid.—'' For my king and country." Motto of 
the Earl of Leven. 

Fro rege et populo.—" For the king and the people." Motto 
of Lord De Dunstanville. 

Fro rege, lege, grege.—'' For the king, the law, and the peo- 
ple." Motto of Lord Brougham. 

Froceras deficit arhores procella veMmens.—'' A violent storm 
uproots lofty trees." 

Frodesse quam consprd.—" To do good rather than be con- 
spicuous." Motto of Lord Somers. 

Fuellis idoneus. Hoe. — "A ladies' man." 

Q. 

QucB amissa salva.—'' What was lost is safe." Motto of the 

Earl of Kintore. 
Qualisrex, talis grex.^'' As the king is, so are his subjects." 
Qui lahorat orat. St. Augustin.— " He who labours prays " 

See Lahorare, &c. 
Qui me amat, amat et canem meum. Frov.—'' Who loves me 

loves my dog." Quoted by Saint Bernard. 
Qui Stat, vjdeat ne cadat.—^^ Let him who stands take heed 

lest he fall." See 1 Cor. x. 12. 
Qui uti scit, ei bona.—''B.e should possess wealth who 

knows how to use it." 
Quicquid sihi imperdvit anmus, ohtinuit. Sen.—" Whatever 

the mind enjoins on itself as an object, it attains." 
Quid est dignitas indigno, nisi circiilus aureus in ndnbussuis ? 

biLviANus.— " What is honour to the unworthy, but a 

golden ring in a swine's snout ? " 



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525 



Quid ohserdtis aurWus fundis preces ? Hoe.—" Why persist 

in your importunity to ears that are closed ?" 
Quis erit innocens, si clam vel palam accusdre sufficiat? 

" Who would be innocent, if mere accusation, secret or 

open, could convict ? " 
Quis noninveniet turhd quod amdret in Hid ? Ovid. " Who 

can fail to find in such a medley something to please 

him ? " 

Quis separabit nos .?— " Who shall separate us ?" 

Quod ah initio non valet, tractu tempdris convalescere non po- 
test. Law Max.—'' That which is invaHd from the first, 
cannot be made valid by lapse of time." 

Quod est inconveniens et contra rationem non est permissum 
in lege. Law Max.—'' Whatever is inconsistent with it- 
self and contrary to reason is not permitted by law." 

Quod fieri non debuit, factum valet. Coke.—" That which 
ought not to have been done, when done holds good." A 
marriage, for instance, at an illegal age. 

Quod stulte susclprtur, impie gerUur, miser efinitur.—-" What 
is foolishly conceived, is wickedly executed, and has a 
wretched termination." 



Becte et suaviter.—" Uprightly and mildly." Motto of Lord 

Scarsdale. 
Relicta sunt cuncta neglecta apud ilium.—" Everything in his 

house is left neglected." Everything lies in disorder. 
Fes not(S, aique ad omnes permlgdice. — " Things well known, 

and spoken of universally." 
-Bipa irremedbilis undce. ViEG.— "The bank of the 

■mm. .rs. ,r-^ ■m.t.j^ k^ J^ ^ 1_ . ^ «« 



stream never to be repassed." 



S. 



Saldrium non dat multis salem. — " To many salary does not 
give salt." In many official situations the salary is not 
equal to the expense. 

Sapientia vino obumbrdtur. Plinx the JSlder.— "Wisdom 



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is obscured by wine." "When the wine's in, the wit 's 
out." 

Scenis decora alta futuris. YiEG. — " Lofty omaraents 

for future scenic magnificence." 
Se causam clamat, crimenque, caputque maldrum. ViEG. 

" She exclaims that she is the cause, that hers is the 

crime, and that she is the author of their woes." 
Secundis dubiisque rectus. — "Unshaken in prosperous or in 

adverse fortune." Motto of Viscount Duncan. 
Sed nunc non erat his locus. Hoe. — " But at present there 

is no place for these." These matters are not wanted. 
Sedet (Sternumque sedebit. Vieg. — " He sits and will sit for 

ever." 

Semper Jidelis.—" A\wa.ys faithful." i Motto of Lord Onslow. 

Semper habens Pi/laden aViquem qui curet Oresten. — " Always 
having a Pylades (a friend) to take care of Orestes." 

Sequor.nec inferior.—''! follow, but not inferior." Motto 
of Lord Crewe. 

Serpentes avibus geminentur, tigribus agni. Hoe. "As 

though serpents should couple with birds, lambs with 
tigers." You may as well expect the most opposite 
things in nature to be reconciled, as that such a thing 
can happen. 

Servdta fides cmeri. — " Faithful to the memory of my ances- 
tors." Motto of Lord Harrowby. 

Si hie esses, aUter sentires. — " If you stood in my circum- 
stances, you would think otherwise." 

Si jus violandum, regnandi gratia violandum est. — " If justice 
may ever be violated, it may be violated for the sake of 
empire." 

Si natura negat, facit indigndtio versum. Juy. — " If nature 
refuses indignation will prompt a verse." 

Si volet usuSf 

Quern penes arbitrium est etjus et norma loquendi. Hoe. 
— " If it is the will of custom, with which rests the di- 
rection, and law, and rule of speech." See Mortalia 
facta, &c. 

Sibi parat malum qui alteri parat. — " He meditates evil for 

himself who meditates it for another." 
Sic in ony.— For Sic in originali. " So in the original." 
Sic ruit ad celebres cultissima foemina ludos. Ovid. — " Thus 



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do the women in their best attire eagerly flock to the 
games." 

Siccis omnia nam dura Deus proposuit ; neque 

Mor daces aliter diffugiunt solicitudines. HoE. 

— -" The god (Bacchus) makes everything grievous to those 
who love not wine ; nor can corroding cares be dispelled 
by other means." 

Sicut in stagno generantur vermes, sic in otioso mala cogitd- 
tiones.--''M worms are generated in a stagnant pool, so 
are evil thoughts in the mind of him who is unemployed." 
Simtlitudo morumparit amicitiam.—" A congeniality of man- 
ners and disposition begets friendship." 
Sola Deo salus.-—'' Safety is in God alone." Motto of Lord 

Eokeby. 
Sola nobilitas virtus.—" Virtue is the only nobility." Motto 

of the Marquis of Abercorn, adapted 'from Juvenal. 
Solet agi sincerUas ad perniciem. Ph^d.— " Sincerity is used 
to our destruction." Sincerity and candour may expose 
us to the arts of the overreaching. 
Spectemur agendo.—'' Let us make our character known by 

our actions." Motto of Viscount Clifden. 
Spero meliora.-'" I hope for better things." Motto of Vis- 
count Stormont. 
Spes alit exules.—" Hope supports the exile." 
Spes servat afilictos.—" lIo]pe sustains the unfortunate." 
SptrUus promptus, caro autem infirma.—" The spirit is willing, 
but the flesh is weak." See Matt. xxvi. 41. Virtuous 
resolutions are often formed without the requisite firm- 
ness to carry them into execution. 
Squamis astanhbus Hydri. Cic— " The scales of the Hydra 

bristling up." 
Stare loco nescit, micat auribus, et tremit artus, 

Collectumque premens volvit sub ndrWus iqnem. Vieg. 
— " He cannot stand still, he pricks up his ears, he trem- 
bles in every limb, and rolls the collected fire compressed 
within his nostrils." Description of a spirited horse. 
Studiis et rebus honestis.—" By honourable pursuits and ac- 
tions." Motto of Lord Ashburton. 
Sufficit ad id, natura quod poscit. Sen. — " It suffices for 
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Super alyssum OTnJwZaw*.—" Treading on an abyss." Ap- 
plied to a man who is on unsafe ground, and in dan^^er of 
smkmg into the gulf of ruin. * 

Suspendens omnia naso. Hoe.— " Turning everythinff to 
ridicule." o ^ & 

Suum quem^ue scelus agitat. Cic— " Every man has his be- 



setting sin." 



T. 



Tale quale.—'' Such as it is." 

Tandem fit sur cuius arhor.^'' A twig in time becomes a tree " 

Motto of the Marquis of Waterford. 
Tarde sed tute.—'' Slowly but surely." 
Tectior et occultior cupidTitas. Cic— « Avariciousness close 

and concealed." 
Termmus a ywo.— "The limits" or "bounds from which." 

In metaphysics, the place at which any motion commences 

IS so caUed, and stands in contradistinction to the other 

extreme, called the Terminus ad quern. A bastard is in 

law, a Terminus a quo, i. e. the first of his famHy, the 

source from which it originates. 
Torpent mihi memhra. Hoe.— "My limbs are enfeebled" 

become languid. ' 
Trudit gemmas, et frondes expltcat omnes. Vieg.— " It 

puts forth buds and unfolds aU its leaves." Description 

ol the vine bursting into leaf. 
Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. Vieg.— ■" Yield 

not to misfortune, but, on the contrary, meet it with 

greater spirit." The first four words form the motto of 

JLfOrd Milton. 

Turbine raptus ingenU.—^' Impelled by the impetuosity of 
nis genius. r j 

Turpeest in patrid peregrindH, et in lis rehus qua ad patriam 
pertinent hospXtem esse. Manut.— " It is disgra<?eful to 
be as a stranger in one's own country, and to be unac- 
quainted with matters relating to it." ' 



GREEK QUOTATIONS. 



A ot <t>i\oi TOiQ PamXsvmv oh 9af>^ov<n Trapatvuv, ravra Iv toXq RSXioic 
IZ'ZZn ^T-^«.^«-': ?'he advice which their friends have 

wo J« nf tV^ ^! ^^ ^Zt ^? ^^"^' ^^ ^^""d written in books." The 
. words of Demetnus Phalereus to King Ptolemy. 

mankind."' ^ ^^""'"'' ^^^lOD. -" Emulation is good for 
[Ayaeoi S' ApcSdKpvsQ dvdpsg. Prov.~*' Men prone to tears are ffood " 

^uth ZighV^ ''' "''^^""" ^^'^*'^^- ^'*^^*-" ^'"^^ b^i^ the 
'Ayviuarv 96^.— « To the unknown God." The inscription on the 
^ altar at Athens mentioned by St. Paul, Acts xvii. 23 
AypmKov M Kara^pSpH pr,ropoc.-- Despise not a rustic orator." 

;'z o7r ^rui^s."^'"'""' ^'" ^^'"-" "^^^ "^^ ^"^"^^ip -d- 

ti;^m alT ;T" '' '" ' """ ^^" ""^^P^^ ^^"^ things to do 

'^tatfiaSdlw-'t'^^T- ,^^?-.--" A jackdaw always perches 
^ near a jackdaw. Birds of a feather flock together." 
Aeirav iromv ovra TraparpfxS^isaOa fidratoi, 
Khvo 7ro9ovvTeg 'o^rep ^xaKpbv aTnoQev «>u. PiNDAR. 

^d d''e.?HnI1LL'^\^'l^^'^^>^' ^^''^S ^y ^'^^t lies at our feet, 
^ and desinng that which is at a great distance." 

Tv *''7^^?* ^iidcTKetg. Prov.-- You are teaching an eacrle to flv " 
"You teach your grandam t^ suck eggs." See Aquilam^lleX 
AsTov ym,ae, Kopi^ov vs6rrj,.~- The old age of the eaffle is bette; 

'AGavdrovg fikv Trpoira 9eo{,g, vofi^, ijg SidKurai, 

— ""pircf ^f oil u .!_ . Pythagoras. 
Jir P ^"'.^^"T *^^ immortal gods, as by law enjoined." 

^r^ri T^"^ '^^'- Euripides. 

~ Jlesh destitute of mind is like the statues in the market- 

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AV re ydp avft<popai -jroiovai fxaKpoXoyovQ. AppIAN. — " Misfortunes 

make us verbose." 
AiSijjg fiiv ydp oXwXtv, avaihiif\ ii koI ti/3ptc 

'SiKf)<ra(Ta Sixriv, yfji' Kard iraaav t^*** TheOGNIS. 

— " Shame has perished ; impudence and insolence, prevailing 

over justice, possess the whole land." 
AUi d' a/i/3o\t€py6c dvrtp drym TToKaui. HesIOD.— " The man who 

procrastinates is ever struggling with misfortunes." See Atl 

dfiiWrjTov, &C. 
Aikv apiffrevtiv Kal virtipoxov ifxfuvai dXXwv. HOMER. — " Always to 

excel and to be superior to others." 
AtpovvTiQ ypi)fAtda. — " We who went to catch are ourselves caught." 

" The biter bit." 
'A«^aXoc fivOoQ. — " A story without a head." 
'AKivrjra jct»/ftc.— " You move what should not be moved." 
'AKove Tov Ti(j(Tapa wra txo»'^oc- — " Listen to him who has four ears." 

Listen to him who shows himself ready to be instructed by others. 

A saying of Zenodotus, the Stoic philosopher. 

'AkOVOOV dvOpWTTOtffl TCIQ flkv IK OfWV 

Tvx^f SoOtioag tar dvayKoiov (p'^pstv. SoPHOCLES. 

— " Listen : the fortunes which the gods impose we must of ne- 
cessity endure." See Tdc ydp, &c. 

'Arpov \df3€j cat p'snov 'i^tig. Prov.—'' Seize the end, and you will 
hold the middle." Those who would make sure of their object 
must entertain high aspirations. 

"AXac dywv Ka9(v8ttQ.—" You sleep with salt on board." Said of 
those who are careless in danger ; as in case of a leak a cargo of 
salt would be Hquefied and wasted, even if it did not sink the 
ship. 

'AXX' ot -ydp dOvfiovvTtQ dv^ptg oJ}irort 

TpoTraiov iarrjaavTo. EUPOLIS. 

— " Men without spirit never yet erected a trophy." So our pro- 
verb, "Faintheart never won fair lady." See Timidi nunquam, &c. 

'AXXa Kiphi cat aoift'ia Mkrai. PiNDAR. — " For wisdom even is over- 
powered by self-interest." 

'AXX' o/twc Kptitraov rwv oUripfiCjv (pOovog. — " Envy is better worth 
having than compassion." 

'AXX' oi/K avQiQ dXufTrn^ Trdyatf.— " A fox is not (caught) twice in the 
same snare." See rcpwv dXwTrijS, &c. 

'AXXot Ku^ov, dWot (LvavTo. — "Some toil, others reap." 

'AXXwv tarpoc, auTbg tXcefft (ipvutv.—" The physician of others, him- 
self overrun with ulcers." Quoted by Plutarch. 

"AX^Ti ovK IvKTTiv ovTif. — " Thcrc is no salt in him.'* 

"Afia Sk Ki9u)vi USvofiSV'it awtK^vtrai rat rrjv alSu) yvvff. — "When a 
woman puts oflf her garments she puts off her modesty as well." 
The words of Gyges to king Gandaules, as related by Herodotus. 



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'A/i0orv if>i\oiv Svrotv, Zmov 7rpor,pdv rrfv dXtjOeiav. AristoTLE.— 
1 hough both [Plato and truth] are dear to me, it is right to pre- 
fer truth." See Atyiicus Plato, &c. 5 i"- 

'^f^forepot cXuiTTfc, cat 6 dt^dtxtpog, cat 6 icXirPag. PhocylIDES.— 

^ ±Joth are thieves, the receiver as much as the stealer." 

AvdyKy oudk Otof ndxoprai. Prov.—" Not even the gods can fi^ht 

^ agamst necessity." " Necessity has no law." 

Ayai>aipeTov Krrj^' hrl iraiSeia /3poroTc.-" Learning is a possession of 
which man cannot be deprived." 

'AvdpiQ ydp TToXtf, cat ov reixrj, ovdi vrjtg dvSpiov Ksvai.—" It is men 
that make a city, and not walls, or ships unmanned." The words 
of Nicias m Thucydides. 
'Avdpiov npu>u,v rUva TrrjfiaTa. Prov.—" The children of heroes are 
so many nuisances.'* So our old proverb, " Many a good cow 
hath but a bad calf." ^ ^ 

'Av;)p o tpivyun' Kal ndXiv ^axweTai.—'^ The man who flies shall fiffht 
again. This line is generally thought to have been made by or 
tor Deniosthenes, as his best defence for running away and 
leaving his shield behind him at the battle of ChcTronea. The 
famous lines of Sir John Mennes, in the Delicice Musarum, are 
no doubt derived from this,— 

" He that fights and mns away 
May live to fight another day." 
'kvQpaKiQ 6erj(Tavp6Q. Prov.—'' The treasure turns out coals." The 

words of a disappointed man. See Thesaurus, &c. 
'Av9pu)iroQ dvep(07r(i} Saifxoviov. — " Man is to man a god." That is 
to those whom he assists. In the exercise of benevolence we 
approach nearest to the Deity. See Homo homini, &c. 
"AvOpaiTTOC ohK txo)v tlmlv ovofxa Trdnirov, dXX ovSk irarpbg, ihg thdm. 
b WEsius.— " A man who is not able so much as to tell the name 
of his grandsire, or of his father even, as the saying is." 
'Avooc o fiuKpSc. Prov.—" A tall man is a fool." Aristotle (w 
Physiogn.) confirms this dictum. We may be certain, therefore 
that he was not a tall man. ' 

'AKia ri kv<ov rov (Spiofxarog. SuiD.— "The dog is worthv of its food " 
^ So our proverb, " 'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a'crust." 
ATraffa S^ x^'^^ "^'^P* yivvaitp irarpig. Prov.-^*' To the brave man 
every land is a native country." He is a citizen of the worid. 
See Omne solum, &c. 
"ATravra rote caXoTcrtv dv^pdaw TrpsTra. — "Everything is becoming to 

the noble." See Omnia honos, &c. 
•A7rXi7«Troc irieog. Prov.—" A cask that will never fill." An endless 
task. This saying, quoted by Lucian, is an allusion to the 
pierced vessel of the Danaides. 
'ATTopt'a xl^aXrov (iij^. Prov.—'' The musician slurs his mistake with 
a cough." 

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'Apyvpdyxriv Trdtrxfi. PLUT. — " He has got the silver quinsy." A 
satirical expression applied to the excuses made by Demosthenes, 
whose silence in a certain cause was supposed to have been 
purchased, and who alleged a quinsy as the pretext for not 
pleading: the word is formed in imitation of Kwdyxny "a 
quinsy. 

'ApiffTov fikv I'^wp. PiND.\K. — "Water is the best of all things." 
A motto for tee-totallers. 

'Apxd TToXiTtiui dird<Trig v£wv rpoipd. — " The foundation of every 
state is its education of its youth." A saying of Diogenes, 
quoted by Stoba?us. 

'Apxrj dvSpa dtUvvrai. — "Rule shows the man." A saying at- 
tributed to Bias, Solon, Pittacus, and others. See Magistratus, 
&c. 

'-^9Xn w^ov TvavTOQ. Hestod. — " The beginning is half of the 

whole.'' " Well begun is half done." See Dimidium facti, &c. 
AvTi> dk TO aiydv ofioXoyovvroQ tart nov. EURIP. — " Your silence is as 

good as consent." " Silence gives consent." 
'A<po(3ia ^iyidTT} ro (^o/3ii<T0ai tovq vofiovQ. Synes. — " It is the greatest 

security from fear to fear the laws." 
'A(popdv oyv StX (Iq tov vovv, Kai firj i'lQ ri)v o;//iv. — "We must look to 

the mind, and not to the outward appearance." The words of 

iEsop to his master. 

B. 

BdpoQ n Kai t6 S* k<TTiv, aivilaOai Xiav. Prov. — " It is a sort of en- 
cumbrance to be praised overmuch." 

Bpiaptvj; (paiverai, wv Xaywf. Prov. — " He appears to be a Briareus 
when he is but a hare." Said of a cowardly vapourer. 

BpoToiQ airafft xaTOaviiv d^dXtrat. EuRIPIDES. — "To die is a debt 
due by all moitiils." 

Bporotf iiTramv ij ovviiSqms 6(6q. Menander. — " Conscience to all 
mortals is a god." 

Bpwfia dtijv. — " Food for the gods." Nero said this of mushrooms, 
because it was by their agency that his mother, Agrippina, killed 
his predecessor, the Emperor Claudius. 

r. 

Tafitiv 6 fikXXatv elg ^(rdvoiav fpx*''"'' PfOV. — " He who is about to 

marry is on the road to repentance." 
TufiOQ yap dvOpuiTTOKTiv (vKTalov KOKOp. — " Wedlock is an ill which 

men eagerly embrace." A frai,^ment from an ancient poet. 
TbXwq aKaipoQ iv (SporolQ Suvbv kokop. — " Ill-timed laughter in men is 

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repovra tov vovv trdpKa 5' r//3w«Tai/ 0fpa. .^SCHYLUS.—" He has an 
aged mmd in a youthful body." 

Fepwv dXd)Trri% ovx dXhKtTai ndyy, 

Vepuiv Sk Kai fiVQ oox dXiffKtrai irdyy. Prov. 

— " An old fox is not to be caught with a springe, nor is an old 

mouse to be taken with a trap." 

Tfiv 6pw.—" I see land." A nautical expression, but used by Dio- 
genes when just coming to the end of a voluminous and weari- 
some book, m which he had found himself " quite at sea." 

FtipdoKutS' dti TToXXd difiafTKo^EvoQ.—'' Thc oWcr I grow, the more I 
learn. A saying of Solon the A thenian. " We live and learn " 

rXavKas elc 'A^nvag. Pror.—" Owls to Athens." Similar to our 
proverb, "To carry coals to Newcastle;"— owls being numerous 
m the vicmity of Athens. 

rXu)<T(Ta StirXrj. — "A double tongue." 

rpw9tcrtavT6v.—'' Know thyself." This precept was inscribed in 
gold letters over the portico of the Temple at Delphi. It has 
been ascnbed to Pythagoras, Chilo, Thales, Cleobulus, Bias, and 
^ocrates. It has also been ascribed to Phemonoe, a mythical 
breek poetess of the ante-Homeric period. Juvenal says, Sat. 

XI. ver. 27, that this precept descended from heaven : 

^ ccelo descemlit yvwOi treavTov. 

FvvaiKl fi^ TTiffTeve, fxrjS' dv aTroOavy.— " Believe not a woman, though 
she be at the point of death." Or, " Trust not a woman even 
when she is dead," m allusion to the step-mother whose corpse 
fell upon her step-son and killed him. See Erasmus, Chil. ii 
Cent. X. 21. 

Finn) TO (TvvoXov 1(tti Savavripbv (pvffei. Prov. — " Woman, take her 
all in all, is extravagant by nature." 

A. 

AeXdfikXXrjrov elpat Tirfv Trpoc rd KaXd opftrjv. LrCIAN.— " There must 
be no procrastination in an honourable enterprise." A precept 
of Nigrinus, the Platonic philosopher. See AUl ^' dfi(3oXi(py6Q, &c. 

Atdovfioi TTjv crififpov, Kai Xdfi(3avi rijv avpiov.—'' Give me to-dav, and 
take to-morrow." A current proverb, censured by Ch^^^sostom. 

AtQ Kpdfi(3ri OdvaTOi;. — " Cabbage, twice over, is death." A proverb 
quoted by a Scholiast on Juvenal, upon the line, " Occidit miseroa 
cramhe repetita magtstros." It would appear by this that the 
Greeks did not set the same value upon cabbage as the elder 
Cato and Pliny the Naturalist did, who gave it the very highest 
rank among vegetables. 

Ate Trpbg t6v avTOv ahxpbp TrpoorpovHV XiOov. — " It is disgraceful to 
stumble twice against the same stone." 

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rd, KaKci. Xenophon. — " I look upon it as more difficult to find 
a man who bears prosperity well than one who bears misfortune 
well." 

Aof n, rat Xa/3« ri. Prov, — " Give and take." 

A05 TTou ffrw Kal Ttjv yfjv Kivqata. — "Give me where to stand, 
and I will move the earth." The proud boast of the mathema- 
tician Archimedes, in reference to his discovery of the me- 
chanical power of the lever. 

ApvoQ TztaovariQ -kolq avrif) ^vKtmrai. MeN. — " When an oak falls, 
every one gathers wood." 

Autpa irtiOetv Kai Oioifc \6yog. EuRiP. — " Gifts persuade even the 
gods, as the proverb says." 

Aujpa OtovQ TTfidn, Su>p' aidoiot}^ (3a<ji\i}aQ. — " Gifts prevail upon the 
gods, gifts prevail upon venerated kings." 

E. 

'Eyyva, Trdpfori S' aTTf. — " Be surety, and evil is at hand." A saying* 

attributed to Chilo the Lacedaemonian, or, according to Ausonius, 

to the philosopher Thales. See Spondee &c. 
'Eyili yap tlfxi Tutv Ifiuv t/i^f fxovoQ. Apollod. — " For I am the only 

one of my friends that I can rely upon." So Terence says, 

" Natn ego meoriim solus sum meus." 
Eyw Sk vofiilio t6 ftev firiSivbg duaOai Otiov dvai, to Sk utg eXax'KTTuiv 

syyvTarov tov Otiov. — " To want nothing I consider divine, and the 

less a man wants the nearer does he approach divinity." The 

words of Socrates as quoted by Xenophon. 
Eyui Sk (puTjv Tqv TraiSidv dviaiv rt ilvai rtjQ ^vx^Jit Kcii dvaTratxTiv tujv 

6povTiSiov. The Emperor JuLlAN. — " I considered play to be a 

holiday to the mind, a relaxation from thought." 
El yap Ktv Kai afiiicpov lyri afiiKpip KaraOiio, 

Kai GcLfxa tovt' epdoig, rci^a «v /i«ya ^ai t6 ykvoiTO. HeSIOD. 

— " For if you add little to little, and do so repeatedly, it will 

very quickly become much." So our old proverb, " Many a httle 

makes a mickle." 
El Ss Qibv dvr]p tiq IXTrtrai Xadi/icv 

*Epdujv, dfiaprdvei. PiNDAB. 

— " If any man hopes that his deeds will be hidden from God, 

he deceives himself." 
El « vrdQot rd k fptli SUij IBtla ykvoiTo. Quoted by Aristotle. — "It 

is nothing but strict justice if a man suffers from his own deeds." 
El ftkv yap TrXoyryg ttoXXoi 0tXoi, riv Sk Trevrfai 

Havpoi, K ovKiff bfxCjQ auTOQ dvijp dyaQoQ. ThEOGNIS. 

— " If you are rich you will have many friends ; but if you are 

poor you will have but few, and will no longer be the good man 

you were before." 



Et n dyaObv 0lX«c, Trapd atavTov \d(3e. Arrian. — " If you wish for 
any blessing, look for it to yourself." Like the Latin, Nee te 
qu(Bsiveris extra. 
Elf avjyp, ovhiQ dvrip. Prov. — " One man is no man." We enjoy 

Ufe by the help and society of others. 
Eig rb nvp U tov Kairvov. LuciAKT. — " Out of the smoke into the fire." 

Or, as we say, " Out of the frying-pan," &c. 
Ek Travrbg ^vXov kiwv dv ykvrjTai. Prov. — " A pillar may be made of 
any wood." Ordinary talents will serve for ordinary employments. 
Ek Toii bp^v yiy vtTai to ipq.v. Prov. — " From seeing comes loving ;" 
or, to preserve the jingle, " From seeing comes sighing." A 
play on the resemblance of the words bp^v and kp^v. 
Ek tov tpojifpov Kar oXiyov imovooTii Trpbg to tvKaTa^povrjTOV. LON- 
GiNus. — " Little by little we recede from the terrible to the con- 
temptible." To this, probably through the writings of Tom 
Paine, Napoleon would seem to have been indebted for his cele- 
brated saying, " Du sublime au ridicule il n'y a qu'un pas." 
(There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.) 
Ek t&v ydp ahxpatv XrjiJifidruv tovq irXtiovag 

'Arwusvovg Uoig dv ri fftcrtoanevovg. SoPHOCLES. 

— " You will see more ruined than saved by money ill gotten." 

See Ml) KOKd, &c. 

'Ek TiSv 6vvx<tv Tbv Xsovto yivoxTKuv. Prov. — " To judge of the lion 
from his claws." To form a conception of anything great from 
seeing only a small portion of it. See Ux ungue leonem. 

"EKaarog Sid rd irpdyftaTa mnvog iari Kal Ta-rrnvog. APOLLOD. — 
"Every man is arrogant or humble, according to his fortunes." 

'EXkipagfivv ovx dXiaKii. Prov. — " The elephant does not catch mice." 
See Aquila tion capit, &c., and 'O 'ivSbg, &c. 

'EXTTi'^tc tv ^tioicTiv, dveXwKTToi Sk OavovTfg. — " While there is life there 
is hope, when we are dead there is none." 

'Efiov BavovTog yaXa mxOnTu) -jrvpi.—" When I am dead, may earth be 
mingled with fire." This line, from one of the Greek tragedians, 
was quoted before Nero, who immediately added, " Immo, Ifxov 
K^vrog,'' " Aye, and while I am hving, too." The sentiment is 
similar to " Apres mot le deluge,'' a saying which has been often 
attributed to Prince Metternich, but of w hich the real author was 
Madame de Pompadour. See Notes and Queries, vol. iii. p. 299. 
397. 

'EpLTToSilii Tbv Xoyov b <p6^g. Demades. — " Fear is a check upon 
speech." 

'Ev dfioixToig Kai KbpvSog (fiBkyyiTat. Prov. — " With those who know 
no melody the sparrow even is musical." The Corydus was a 
lark with a very inferior note, found near Athens. 

'Ev iXirimv xp») roxsg aofovg txdv 0iov. EURIPIDES. — " The wise 
should possess their hves in hope." See Nil desperanduniy &c. 








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Ev vicri (5ov\^. Prov.—^' In the night there is counsel." Similar 
to our saying, "I will sleep upon it." The French have it 

^ La nutt porte Cornell. See In node, S:c., Oi, xpr^, &c. 

Ev o?v«^ d^eeia. Prov.—"^ In wine there is truth." See In vino 
Veritas. 

'Ev 6X/3.V 5X/3ia nivra. Theocr.— « With a fortunate man all 

tnmgs are fortunate." 
'Ej/ bp(pvia SpairiTTjQ usya o^kvu. EuRiP.—" When it is dark, the 

coward is very vauant." 
'Ev TTivBoiai yiX^v. Frov.—*' To laugh among those who weep." 
Ev Ti^^povtiv yap fitj^h, i]di<TTo<: (iiog. SoPHOCL.— " To know nothing 

is the happiest life.". "Fools and children lead merry hves" 

says the old proverb. . ' 

"Ev6(Tn Kav nvpunKi Kav (Tip<txp xoXi,. Pror.— " The ant and the worm 

even have then- wrath." See Habet et, &c. 
'Evvovf Td Katvd rolg irdXai Teic^aiptrai. SoPHOCL.— -" A wise man 

gathers from the past what is to come." 
'Uio /3tXJiv ca0^<T^at.— " To keep out of shot," i. e., out of danger. 
ETTaipiTai ydp nil^ov, "iva fiii^ov irkay. Menander.—" He is raised 

the higher that he may fall the heavier." Or, as Shakspeare 

says, " Raised up on high to be hurled down below." See CetstB 

ffraviore, &c. 

E;ri (TavT<p tijv treXfjvyjv KaGiXKitg. Prov.—'' You are drawin^r down 
the moon upon yourself" Of similar meaning to our laying, 
^ You are making a rod for your own back." 
EpioiTiQ, nv 'iKaffTOQ tihin TixvTjv. Prov.—^' Let each betake hini- 
^ selt to the pursuit which he understands." See Ne sutor &c 
Ec TpoiavTrapw^svai r)\Oou 'Axaioi. Theoc.— " By trying, the Greeks 
got to Troy." See Conando, &c. (App.) 
"ETtpov ri lari rtp v<p Oaoptlv, xai roif rov ato^aroQ awarr,\o7i: 5uuamv. 
±.UNAPius.— " It is one thing to perceive with the mind, and an- 
other to see with the eyes of the body, so apt to deceive." 
EvSa^a,v o>„civ 6<p,i\^p. Prov,—- Happy is he who owes nothing." 

Out of debt out of danger." ^ 

E'vSopTi Kvprog alpn. Prov.—^^ The net of the sleeper catches fish." 

ijocis blessings come unseen. 
EOpjca.— " I have found it." The exclamation of Archimedes the 
philosopher, when he discovered the means of ascertaining the 
purity of the golden crown made for King Hiero, from the space 
Which it should occupy in water. It is sometimes used iii an 
ironical sense. 

EDorjca '6 ovk iZrjrovv.—'* I have found what I did not seek." I 

have got more than I bargained for. 
EvTvxia 7ro\v(piXoQ. Prov.—'' Success has many friends." 
Exii TtydpoX^o^oh^iuova <t>96i^ov. PiNDAR.— "The successful man 

IS attended with no small envy." 



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537 



'ExBpbg yap fioi KiXvoQ ofxiog * AiS ao trvXymv^ 

"Of X '^Ttpov plv Ktvdy ivi (pp^mv, dXXo Sk (id^y. HoMER. 

— " Hateful to me as the gates of hell is he who conceals one 

thing in his mind, and utters another." 
'ExOpwvddwpa Swpa kovk 6vr]mfia. SoPH.— -" The gifts of enemies are 

not gifts, and are worthless." 

Z. 

Za xvrpa, Ky (piXia.—" The pot boils, and friendship thrives." See 
Fervet oUa, &c. 

ZeO (iaaiXiv, rd fikv laOXd Kai ivxopitvotQ xai dvtvKToiQ 
'Aftfii didov' rd dk dtivd rai tvxonsvoig diraXt^oig. 
— " Father Jove, grant us good, whether we pray for it or not ; 
and avert from us evil, even though we pray for it." A prayer, 
by an unknown poet, highly commended by Plato. 
" Unask'd, what good thou knowest, grant. 

What ill, though ask'd, deny." Pope's Universal Prayer. 

ZrjXojTog, offTig T}VTvxij(Ttv eig Tiicva. EuRiP. — " The man is to be en- 
vied who has been fortunate with his children." 

Zw»y Kai t/zuxi?.— " My life and soul." Words of endearment, men- 
tioned by Juvenal and Martial as used by the courtesans and 
demireps of imperial Rome. 

Ztjfiev oux wf OeXofjiiv, dW a>f ^vva/it 0a.— " We hve, not as we would, 
but as we can." 

H. 

'H yXaJffff' 6pu)nox\ r) ^k 0p^v dvw/xoTog. EuRiP. — " My tongue has 
sworn, but my mind is unsworn." The words of Medea. 

'H fJKKTTa^ fi^ rj^iffTa. — " As Httle as possible, or as pleasant as pos- 
sible." Said by jEsop to Solon of the language necessary to be 
used by courtiers. 

'H ao<piag irrjyrj ^id /3t/3Xta>v psei. — " The fountain of wisdom flows 
through books." 

'H rdv T) kirl rdv. — " Either this or upon this." The words of a 
Spartan mother on presenting her son with a shield, enjoining 
hiin either to bring it back from battle or to be brought' home, 
slain, upon it. 

"H^iffrov dKov(j)ia tnaivog. Xenophon. — " The sweetest of all sounds 

is praise." 
"HXi? iiXiKa rkpiTH. — "Like pleases like." A proverb quoted by 

PUny and Aristotle. See "0/iotov, &c. 



e. 



Qdvarog dirpo^daiffroc. EuRip. — " Death will hear of no excuse." 



638 



eEO— KAI. 



Stbc U fxnxaviiQ. LuciAN.— " A god from the clouds." See Beus ex 

machind, (App.) 
Of 6c ») dvaictia. Frov.^" Impudence is a goddess." 
e«y dovXtViiv oifK iXtvOepias fiovov, dWd cat liaaiXiiag dfidvov. PhILO 
J UDiEUS .—" To serve God is better, not only than liberty, but even 
tnan a kingdom." It has been remarked that these words are 
very similar to those in the Book of Common Prayer, in the col- 
lect for Peace,—" Whose service is perfect freedom." 



I. 

'larpk.etpdnivaov atavrov.—" Physician, heal thyself." See Luke 
IV. 23. 

'U^fv \l/tvSea noWd Xkyitv hvnoimv Ofiola, 

'ldfiivS\ tvT lekXutfiiv, dXriOta nvBhaaaOai. HesIOD. 

—"We know how to utter many fictions similar to truths, and 
^ we know, when we choose, how to convey the truth in fables." 
Upbv rj (Tv/ilSovXri lanv. — " Counsel is a divine thing." 
'JLXiuQ KaKiov. Prov. — " An Iliad of woes." 
"Ittttc^ ynpdcTKovTi Tu fiiiova kukX' km(5aXXe.—" Impose lighter tasks 

on the aged courser." See Solve senescentem, &c. 
'IxOvg U rye «^uXyc o^etv dpxtrai. Prov.—'' Fish begins to stink at 

the head. The corruption of a state fs first discernible in the 

higher classes. 



K. 

KaSfida viKri.—" A Cadmapan victory." A victory in which the 

conqueror suffered as much as the conquered. 
Kai ydp Kai fikXiTos rb nXkov hH xoXj?-— " For even honey in excess 

becomes gall." See Uav ydp, &c. 

Max. lYRius.— "The ruler is as much a part of the state as 

those who are ruled." He must equallv obey the laws. 
Kai Trrwxbc 7rru>x*l<>^ovm. Hesiod.— " Even a beggar is envied by 

a beggar. " 'Tis one beggar's woe to see another by the door 

go." " Two of a trade," &c. 
— — Katpolo Xal3u)fi(9a, bv rrpoaiovTa 

'E(TTiv iXtlv, KnTtXv Sk wapaG^f^avTa, fidraiov. Greg. NaZ. 

--"Let us seize opportunity; for as it comes we may catch it, 

but when it has passed 'tis vain to seek it." 
Kaipov yv^9i.-- Know your opportunity." A saying of Pittacus, 

one of the Seven Wise Men of Greece. 
Ka/p<^ Xarpfvtiv, ftrio durnrvitiv dvf^oXai. Prov. — " To go with the 

times, and not to blow against the winds." 



KAK— KYM. 



639 



Kaicd KBftSfa Iff dryfft. Hesiod. — " Evil gains are as bad as a 
loss." " Ill-gotten goods seldom prosper." See Mi) icaica, &c. 

KaKoic bfiiXwVjK avrbg Ufirinn KaKog. MeNANDER. — " If you associate 
with the wicked, you will become wicked yourself." See *0£i- 
povniv ij6ri, &C. 

KaKov KopaKog KOKbv itSv. Prov. — "Bad crow, bad egg." See Mala 
gallina, &c.. Nee imbellem, &c. 

KaXwg dKoviiv fxdXXov tf TrXovrtlv OkXi. Menander. — " Wish rather 
to be well spoken of than to be rich." 

KdfiriXoQ Kai xj/topiCiffa iroXXdHv uv(jjv dvariOfrai <l>opria. Prov. — " The 
camel, even when mangy, bears the burdens of many asses." 

Kar l^oxrjp*—" Pre-eminently," or, as the French say, Par excel- 
lence, 

KaTarrjKH 6 xpovog, Kai yijpdffKEi Trdvra, ArISTOTLE. — " Time wears 

away, and everything grows old." 
KaroTTjy hpriiQ ijKeiQ. — " You are come after the feast." 
KXata 6 viKTjaaQ b Se viKri9tig dnoXioXev. — " The conqueror mourns, 

but the conquered is undone." See Flet victus, &c., KaSfitla 

VlKtf. 

Koivd iraOri Trdvrojv' 6 /3(oc rpoxog, affraroQ oXIiog. PhoCYLIDES. 
— -" Misfortunes are common to all ; life is a wheel, and prosperity 
unstable. " 

Kotvd rd rwv ^t'Xwv. Prov.— "The goods of friends are in com- 
mon." A saying attributed to Pythagoras. 

Kou^i; yfi TovTov jcaXuTrroi.— " May the earth be light upon him." 
A common epitaph with the Greeks. See Sit tibi terra, &c, 

Kpiiffffov, dpiarov lovra kukov ytvog, -ije KaKiarov 

'E/ifiivai tvytvtTiiv. GreG. NaZ. 

— " It is better to be the best of a low family, than the worst of a 

noble one." 

Kpiiffffov rot ffotpiri Kai fieydXrjg dpsTTJQ. ThEOGNIS. — "Wisdom is 
better even than great valour." 

KpeiTTtov i) irpovoia trig fitTaniXelag. DiON. HaLIC. — "Precaution 
is better than repentance." 

KpijTtg dti \l/tvffTai, KUKd Brfpia, yaffrkpeg dpyai — " The Cretans are al- 
ways liars, evil beasts, slow bellies." An hexameter line quoted 
by St Paul in his Ejjistle to Titus, i. 12, from " a prophet " of the 
Cretans, supposed to have been the poet Epimenides. 

KC^of.— " Glory," or " applause." " Kudos" has almost become a 
dictionary word in our language. 

Ki;/iivo7rpiffri7c — "A splitter of cummin." A stingy miserable 
" skinflint " was thus called by the Athenians ; and the word is 
used in a similar sense by Theocritus and Athenseus. The 
name " cymini sector,'' was however applied by the Romans to a 
person nicely scrupulous, and the Emperor Antoninus Pius was 
thus called for his diligence in inquii*ing into the merits of the 



540 



KYN— -MET. 



causes that came before him. Lord Bacon gives the name 
cyniim sectores " to learned triflers. 

Kvpoc o^fiar' Ix^v. HoMER.— « Having the eyes of a dog " i. e. 
an impudent face. o j 5> ^» 

Kvp« A6,,(Tov.— " Lord, have mercy upon us.^ See Kyrie eleison, 

A. 

Aaycif KaBivdu^v-." A sleeping hare." One who sleeps with his 
eyes open. Like our saying, " Catch a weasel asleep." 

AafiTradia exoyrfQ d,aSw<roumv d\X{,\otg. PlaTO.-" Those who have 
lamps will pass them to others." 

Aa^,r*ypa,r,;9.;c Trie ^cr^(Taroro..^\o?rov, o!, x<^^^^^cJ<Pn, rbv ^kyav. 

I«Li ^/'"Xf »; ^TiTTo^o^f Kal ^paUu^Q. Plutarch.-" Lampis bein^ 

^ffi u T ^^ ^^^ "^^^^ ^^« "^oney, replied, * ilfucA without 
difficulty, but a little slowly and laboriously.' " 

^7u^VuTa ''.'^^'■p^''?^: ^"^^^ b/itXof.-" Trust not the populace, 
the multitude is versatile." ^ * 

AC0OC Kv\ivdoi,,voe rb ^vkoq oi, ttoih. Prov,—" A roUing stone gathers 

^'^f m^lm'^^'^^^'^ir'-^;^^''""^"^; ^'''''"-" ^^"&«^ 's the teacher 
ot many. See Magister artis, &c. 

— j-Aot^op«t(r0a» ^' ov TrpsTrei 

'Ai/^paf TTot^/rdc, iia-rrfp dpro-moXidac. ARISTOPHANES. 

^ho sellTakel!"^'"''"'" ^""'^ ^^ ^^""'^ °^' ^"^^^''' ^^^ ^^^ ^'^^^« 
Avxvov ApOhTos, yvvii Trarra 7) alrrj. Prov.-^" When the lio-ht is out 

M. 

McJvnc ^ optrrrog S(Trie ««>«:« raXaic— " He is the best prophet who 
makes the best guesses." pi^puet wrio 

Msya /3*/3\/ov /ilya rar6v. Callim.-" A great book is a great evil " 

tut"" TnTlT^''^ VT ^'"l'-'' ^ Sre^' '^'y i« ^ great soli- 
tude. To those who have no friends in it. The sentimenf i« 

finely expanded by Byron {Childe Harold, c. ii. st 26) ' 

myaXtjv napaKaipoQ rjSovrj TiKrti fi\d(iT]v' 

U^ riSovrJi: ydp ^{ftrai to Svarvxnv. MeNANDER. 

from ple^ure/!'"""'' ^''^'''' ^'^' '''^ ' ^"^ misfortune springs 

Mtrd TToXi^ovJi avfi^axia. Pror.—" After the war, aid." Similar to 
our proverb, « After death, the doctor " similar to 

^ Cre^K"*""" ^^^^^^^i«« is ^est." A saying of the philosopher 



MET— MON. 



541 



Mirptf, hSwp TTivovTes, dfitrpwc fidl^av tSovng. Prov.—" Thev drink 
their water by measure, but eat their cake without." Said of 
people who are " penny-wise and pound-foolish." 

^t *'C r»)i; avpiov dva^dXXov r) yap avpiop ovSs Trorc Xauj3dvu reXoc. 
St. Chrysostom.— " Put not olT till to-morrow ; for to-morrow 
admits no fulfilment." As we say, " To-morrow never comes." 

M;, hriXaOiOfitea Trjs l^dXriQ h ry yaXrjuy, ^rfde rfJQ d^puxrriai: tv r(J Kaipo* 
rm vyiiiag. Greg. Naz.— "Let US not forget the tempest in the 
calm, or sickness in the moments of health." 

Mtj yevoiro.— " God forbid." Rom. iii. 31, atque alibi, 

Mt] KaKd KepdaivHv- KaKd Kspdea la' dryaiv. HeSIOD.— « Make not 
evil gains; evil gains are equal to a loss." See 'E/c twv, &c. 

M Y'va Ka/iaptVav.— " Do not disturb Camarina." An injunction of 
Apollo respecting a pestiferous marsh. ** Let sleeping dogs he." 

Mij KiViiKaKov ti Kiifiivov, Prov.—'' Disturb not an evil that is well 
placed." 

^Irj TratSl fxdxaipav. Prov.—'' Do not give a sword to a child." 

Ml) nvp Itti TTvp. Prov. — " Add not fire to fire." 

Mi; ri Kaivov;— " Any news ?" See Acts xvii. 21. 

Mtjdh «y«v.-~" Not too much of anything. " A sa\nng ascribed by 
I'lmy the Elder and Clemens Alexandrinus to Chilon the Lace- 
demonian; but by other authorities to Solon, to Thales, and to 
^tratodemus of Tegea. See Ne quid nimis. 

MriUy dyav' Kaipi^ ndvra Trpofferrri /coXa.— « Not too much of any- 
thing ; everything is good at the proper time." An ancient in- 
scription by Sodanius the son of Eperatus. 

Mrivivdei6s,9sd, UTiXTjiddew 'AxiXijog 

OvXofiivrjv, rj ftvpC 'AxaioTc dXyt' terjKs. HoMER. 
— " Sing, O goddess, the destructive wrath of Achilles, Peleus' 
son, which wrought for the Greeks innumerable woes." The be- 
ginning of Homer's Iliad. 

Uijujp T^Q ivciiag t) dipyia. IGNATIUS.—" Idleness is the mother of 
want." 

Mia ydp hri ^rpbc rixrjv d(T<pdXna, rb firj rotravraKlg avr^v Tnipdrrai. 
— Une way of making sure against fortune is not to try her too 
otten. ^ A saying of Diodes of Carvstus, quoted by Seneca. 

Mta xfXi^wi; tap ov noul. Prov.—'' One swallow does not make the 
spring. 

Miag ydp xsipbQ drrOevng iu«x»7. EuRip.— " The battle is weak that 
is waged with one hand." " Two to one is odds." 

MiKpd 7rp6(j>a(Tlg hri rov Trpa^ai KaKuig.-" A shght pretence suffices 
for doing evil." 

MiKpbv KOKbv, fisya dya96v. Prov.—" A small evil is a great good." 
MktCj ao(pi<TTriv oarig ovk avrt^ ao(p6g.—" I hate the wise man who is 

not wise for himself." 
Movog 6 (Totpbg iXtv9epog, Kal irdg d<pp(ov SovXog.—" The wise man alone 



542 



NAY— O. 



N. 

VavrjyovQ o'lKTHpov, lirei wXooc ^<yTiv dStjXo^. PhoCYLID — « Pity the 
ship\yrecked sailor, for a life at sea is full of uncertainty." 

Nfcpdj/ iarpivuv Kal yspovra vov9(tuv tuvtov. Prov. " You might 

as well physic the dead as advise an old man." 

Nfoff f>7r«pof o,k hri- nXfjOoc yap xi>6pov Troirjcrei r^y IfiTreipiav. ARIS- 
TOTLE.— Youth has no experience ; for it is length of years that 
gives experience." "^ 

N/yrtoc oq rd tTOifia Xnrujv r' dvsroi^a Siuxsi. HesIOD.— " He is a 
fool who leaves a certainty to pursue an uncertainty." 



X 



Seviwv Ss re eiffxoc dpitrroc. Prop.— " In hospitality it is the snirit 

that IS the chief thing." « Welcome is the best cheer " 
SiXov dyKvXov ovSkTror' 6p96p. Prov.-*^ Wood that grows warned 

never can be Straightened." ^ «ciipeu 

:Si>v Ti^ diKai(i> ydp nsy' tUori (ppovttv. SoPHOCLES.— « In a lUSt cause 

we may assume confidence." "' 

SvpiXv kmxuptTp Xiopra. Plato.— « To attempt to shave a lion " A 

task not to be hghtly undertaken. 



O. 

'0 d»;0p<u7roc ibepyfroQ wetpuKutg. AnTONL\US.— " Man is bom to do 
good. 

'0 ^iocap9pj^ocQ Xoyi^^iov Kai dptO^iov SuTai 7r6vv. EPICHARMUS. 

— 1 he lite of man stands much in need of calculation and 
number. 

'0 y^P ^^aiTrjT^QTO sTTuiK^^ 6p^, 6 Sk SiKatrrriQ rbv vSfxov. ArISTOTLE. 

—- Ihe arbitrator looks to equity, the judge to law." 
Oydp OiOQ /3\i7r« (Tc, TrXtfaiov Trapwv, 

"Of rolQ diKaioiQ ijSeTai, k ov TdSiKoig. MenanDER 

^11^-''" ?A^ ^^''^^ ^^^^'. \*^^"^ "^^^ *^ hand, who is pleased 
^ with just deeds, and not with unjust." * 

OS' 5\/3oe oi, ^e(3aioc, Axy lipri^epog. EuniPiDEs.—" Happiness is 

not lasting, but only for a day." ^ 

O iXaxi(Trujv SeSfxevog 'tyyiara flt'oiv.— « He who wants the least is 

Zl''^ « ,! ^""^'Z c^ ^^^'""S °^ Socrates, quoted by Xenophon. 
oee Eyw 6i ro/<i^to», &c. ^ 



O— 010. 



543 



'O 'ivSoc ^X€0ac rrjv fxvlav ouk dXtyO^n. PhALARIS.— « The Indian 

elephant heedeth not the fly." 
O ttSc TrpsTTCi ivvkireiv rd SiKaia xpoi/of. SoPHOCL. — "Any time 

is the proper one for saying what is just." 
'O ffoipoQ iv avT(^ nepi<piptt ttjv omiav. MenandER. — " The wise 

man carries with him his wealth." See the Fable of " Simonides 

preserved by the gods." Pheedrus. b. v. f. 21. See Omnia 

mea^ &c. 

'0 ao^bq ovUv trpaTTu rov tv^Ki^iiv x«P'v- — " The wise man does 
nothing for the purpose of being well thought of." He practises 
virtue for its own sake. 

'O <ptvyu}v fxvXov dX<pna (ptvysi. Prov. — " He who shuns the mill- 
stone shuns the meal." "No mill no meal." See Qui vital 
molam, &c. 

'0 xolpoQ jjStTai KOTrpoiQ Kal /JopjSop^^.— " The swine delights in dung 
^ and filth." A line quoted by Clemens Alexandrinus. 

Ot avToi xfpt Tu)v avTojv roTg avTolg rd avrd. — " The same persons 
saying the same things to the same persons, about the same 
things." A proverbial saying quoted by Grangaius, a comment- 
ator on Juvenal, illustrative of the drudgery of the pedagogue. 
Observe the declension of avroQ, in the Nominative, Genitive, 
Dative, and Accusative cases. See Aiq Kpa^fStj, &c. 

Ot ydp KaKoi, KaKiovQ liraivovpiivoi. Philostratus. — " The bad, when 
praised, become still worse." 

Oi yap TTvkovTiQ fieydXa, tovq Kpdrraovg Xoyovg 

Uncpwg (pepovai twv kXaaaoviijv vtto. EurIPID. 

— " Those who have high notions dislike a better reason given 

by an inferior." 

Ot ydp TToXXol f^aXXov Spiyovrai rov KspSovg, ^ Trjg Tifirig. AriSTOTLE. 

— " The multitude are more desirous of gain than of honour." 
Ot di}l/ufVTeg aiunry Trivovai. Prov. — " Those who are thirstv drink in 

silence." People who are in earnest make few profess'ions. 
01 TrXtioveg kukoi. — " Most people are bad." A saying of Bias the 

philosopher, one of the Seven Wise Men of Greece. 
01 TToXXot.— " The many." The multitude. 
O'lri drj <pvXXbJv yevstj roiiiSe Kal dvSpoju. HOMER. — " The generations 

of men are as leaves." 
Oucot XsovTsgy iv pidxy S' dXiOTr'tKtg. Aristoph. — " Lions at home, but 

foxes in battle." 
Otvou KariovTog iirnrXkovaiv itttj. Herodot. — " When the wine sinks, 

the words swim." Fecundi calices quern non fecere disertum f 

HOR. 

Oloi vvv jipoToi H(n. HoMER. — " Such as men are now-a-days.' 

Olog 6 /3toc, Toiog 6 Xoyog. Prov. — " As the life is, so will be the Ian 
guage." Like the Scotch proverb, " What can you have from a 
hog but a grunt ?" " Out of the abundance of the heart," &c. 



544 



OMM— OY. 



'Ofifia yap 

Aofiwv vofii^(o haTTOTOv irapovoiav. ^SCHYLUS. 

--'' For I take the presence of the master to be the eye of the 

house. See ObUv orro> inaivH, &c. 
"Ofioiov 6fioi(p <pi\ov. Prov.—^' Like loves hke." Similar to our 
^ proverb, '* Birds of a feather flock together." See "H\t|, &c. 
OfioioTTfg TriQ (piXoTriTOQ fiijTTjp. Prov.—'' Likeness is the mother of 

love. 

'Ov 01 OtoitpiXovrnv aTroevfiffKu rcoc.— " He whom the gods love, dies 
young. A fragment of Menander. See Quern di diligunt, 

Ovov yspiffBai rpsTrrov, ^ rotfg x^'P^vac 

Op^v eavToii J^utvTag (in<pavs<TTfpov. MeNANDER. 

""" ?^!^^^ fo be born an ass, than to see worse men than one- 
selt living in a more exalted station." 
'Opog iv 7r,ei,Koic. Prov.—'^ An ass among apes." See Asiniis 
inter, &c. 

'Ovov ohpd. Tr)\iav oh irouX. Prov.—" An ass's tail will not make a 
sieve. bo our proverb, « You cannot make a silk purse out of a 
sow s ear." ^ 

Ovov TTOKag ^titiIq.—" You are seeking wool from an ass." 
'Ov(p Tig iXeye }xv9ov' 6 Sk rd ^ra tictra.— " Some one related a fable 
to an ass, and he-wagged his ears." " Throw not your pearls 
before swme." J t ^ 

"Opa TiXog jiaKpov A'ov-—" Regard the end of a Ion? hfe " The 
^ words of Solon to Croesus. See Pespice jinem. 
Opof 5p« ov liiyvvrai. Pror.—" Mountain will not minde with 

mountain." See Mom cum monte, &c. 
'OpQ ydp Twv Mpion-tov ovSha avandprriTov SianXovvTa. XenoPH. 
- ~T, . ^ " , "^ "^^" always free from faults." 
Oc S ai/ TrWr' t^y, ao<pwraTOQ. EuRip.— « He that possesses the 
most is the wisest." 

"Oc Ts TToXi, yXvKiwv niXiTog KaraXu^onkvoio, HoMER.— « Sweeter it 
is by far than flowing honey." Said of the so-called pleasures of 
revenge. ^ 

U iighdyTr •■"" '" '" contribute/the 'proportion of eS 

'Orav 6e 6ai/xwv dvSpi -rropffvvy KaK^y 

Tbv vovv tj3Xa\l/i npojrov. 

— « When a divinity would bring ruin on a man, he first de- 
prives him of his senses." A fragment of Euripides, quoted by 

D^Tir^'' ^' ' ^'" ^""'^ *^"^''^' ^'^^ ^°^ ^^'' 

Ovydp dvysvotro i>p6vma iiytvk h dv^pdmv dTTopov^hoig twv KaB' 

Vfispav avayKaiwv. DiOx\. Halicirn.-" No generous thoughts 



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can suggest themselves to men in want of the daily necessaries 

of life." See Ab inopid, Szc. (App.) 
Ou yap dv irore Tpt(piiv Svvair dv fiia Xoxfir] KXiirrag ^?'w. ArISTOPH. 

— " One thicket could never find support for two thieves." 
Oy yap £(Trt TriKpuJg i^ertiaat ri vkirpaKTai Tolg dXXolg, dv firj irup vfiwv 

avTutv TTpwrov vwdp^y rd Skovra. DeMOSTH. — "You must not 

severely scrutinize the actions of others, unless you have first 

done your duty yourselves." 
Ov yap TTW Tig tov yovov dvTog dvkyvia. HOMER.— " For no man yet 

living has been certain of his own offspring." Somewhat similar 

to our proverb, " 'Tis a wise child that knows his own father." 
Ov yap rd ovojxaTa TriffTig ruiv irpayfiaTwv tori, tu dk TrpdyfiaTa Kat ru>v 

dvofidriov. Dio Chrysost. — " It is not names that gain credit for 

things, but things for names." 
Ou yvdjoig dXXd irpd^ig. — " Not theory but practice." 
Ou Xlyciv Sfivog, dXXd aiydv dSvvaTog. EpICHARMUS.— " Not clever 

at speaking, but unable to hold his tongue." 
Ou X6yu)v Seirat 'EXXdg aXX' ipyojv.—" Greece stands in need, not of 

words, but deeds." 
OvSk 'npaKXfjg irpog dvo. Prot'.— "Not even Hercules against two." 

See Ne Hercules, &c. 
Ou iravTog dvSpog tig K6piv0ovtV0' 6 irXovg. — " It is not every man's lot 

to make a voyage to Corinth." See Non cuivis homini, &c. 
Ou ^tXei avyyivioQai tpavTaaia re icai dXr]Qtia, SyNES.— " Appear- 
ances and reality do not always agree." 
Ou X9^ iravvv\t,ov tv^tiv ^ovXr\(p6pov dvdpa. HOMER. — "A man in 

authority must not pass all the night in sleep." 
Ou(^' et fioi dtKa fikv yXuKTffai dtKa Sk arofxar tuv. HoMER. — " Not if I 

had ten tongues and ten mouths." 
Ou^ tTt fiiv iraXSeg ttotI yovvaffi TrawTTO^ovrnv. HoMER. — "No more 

do his children cling to his knees and call him father." See 

Gray^s Elegy in a Country Cliurchyardy St. 6. 
OvU ydp 6 Zdg 

Ov& v(t)V irdvTag dvddvti ovt dvex'^v. ThEOGN. 

— " For not even Jove can please all, whether he rains or whether 

he lets it alone." 
OWf (f dixd dvwXeiag rat Zvfi'^ag KaKog icni, EpiCTETUS.— " No one is 

wicked without loss and punishment." The punishment at least 

of an evil conscience. See Prima et, &c. 
Ovdiig iirXovTrjae rax^^C SiKaiog wr. MeNANDER.— " No jUSt man 

ever became rich all at once." 
Ovdkv ydp TOV 7rd(rx"v euptrncwrtpov. GrEG. NaZIANZEN.— " For 

there is nothing more inventive than suff*ering.* " Necessity is 

the mother of invention." 
Ovdev ourui iriaivti tov tTTTror utg (3a(yiXi(*>g 6<l)9aXfi6g. PLUTARCH. — 

" Nothing fattens the horse so much as the master's eye." 

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Oi>6h npoi fVof.— " Nothing to do with the subject." See Nihil ad 
versmn. 

OuK av ykvoiTO x^pic inOXa Kai raica, 

AX\' sffTi ne (TvyKpaaiQ, uar^ i^nv jcaXwc. 

— " There cannot be good without evil, but there is a mixture, in 

order that things may go well." A quotation from Emipides by 

Plutarch. See Nemo est, &c. f ^y 

OOk av irpiai^Lriv rovro Tirptjfispov xoXkov.—" I would not buy it for a 

brass farthing with a hole in it." An expression of contempt. 
Ot;c iovovfioi fivptiov Spaxfiiov /i«ra/ii\«ai/.— " I shall not buy repent- 
ance at the pnce of ten thousand drachmae." The answer of 
for^f faTol'rf ^^^"^^^^^^^ demands of Lais, the courtesan. 

OviroTt TTOirjatig rbv KapKivov bpQCi fiaSiZeiv. ArisTOPH.— « You can 
never bring a crab to walk straight." " What is bred in the 
bone will never be out of the flesh." 

OvTeTrdvTa, ovti iravry, ovn napd. navTiov. Pror.—" Neither everv 
thing, nor every where, nor from every body." In takine, as well 
as giving, consider your motives on every occasion. Bee Quid 
de quoque, &c. ^ 

OvToc ion yaXewTtig ysputv. Menander— « A shrewd old fox this ' " 
OvTioQ, ov iravTtaai OtOQ xapUvra diStoaiv 

'AvSpdmv.- . Homer 

— ** God does not bestow good gifts on all persons."* See Non 
otnnui, &c. 

OvTu, xP^^ouTv, 57ra;c tVacrroc rig eavr<p ^vvucerm rtjs vUrig alriioraror 
iov.. XENOPH.-"We must so exert ourselves that each may 
consider himself as the chief contributor to the victory." 

'0<pea^fx6q' kyyi)Q 8' IfTTi Kal Trapwv Trovip. ♦ 

I^'^ f l^^5 «^ ^""J ^^^^P^ """^^ whatever we do, he is present 

and at hand." A fragment quoted by Stobjcus. 
OxXoc aaraetiiiTOTaTov Trpayfjia twv UTrdvTwv Kai CKTweratraTov Dv- 

MOSTHENES.-"The multitude is the most unstable of all things 

and the most destitute of sense." See Mobilium, &c. 
Oi/zg Otiov aXsov<Ji fivXoi, dXkovat 8k XcTrrti. P/•o^;.— " The mill of the 

gods ^nnds late, but it grinds fine." Severe retribution will 

overtake us at last. 



n. 

UaerifMara fiaBr^^ra.-^'' Sufferings are lessons." So the Latin no- 
UaOi^^u Se Ti vrtmoi lyvu>. Hesiod.— " Even the fool knows from 



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expenence. 
fools." 



Like our proverb, " Experience is the mistress of 



Udv yap to iroXv TroXe/txtov ry tpvffti. HiPPOCRATES. — " Everything in 
excess is adverse to nature." See Kai ydp, &c., and' Ne quid 
nimis. 

Tldv TV aKXtjpbv x^Xe-nroig yiaXaTTiTai. PluTARCH. — " Everything that 
has once hardened receives impressions with difliiculty." Said 
with reference to youthful minds. See Udum, &c. 
ndvra dvappiTTTtiv kv(3ov. Prov. — " To hazard every throw." 
HdvTa XiOov Kivti. — '* Turn every stone." 
Udi/Ta fikv KaOapd toXq KaOapolg. Tit. i. 15. — " To the pure all things 

are pure." 
ndvrag y l<psXK(Dv, ola fiayvy)ri]g XiOog. Prov. — " Attracting all, like 

a loadstone." 
ndvTujv dk p.dXi(jT ulnxvveo aavrov. — " But most of all respect thy- 
self." A precept from the Golden Verses of the Pythagoreans. 
Oft-times nothing profits more 
Than self-esteem, grounded on just and right 
Well managed. Milton. 

UapafivOiav 0fp6t to Koivwvovg ilvai Tutv ffVfKpopdSv. DiO ChrYSOSTOM. 

— " To have partners in misfortune is some comfort." See Ilaud 

ignara, &c., and Solamen fniseris, &c. 
Udg i(TTi vofiog evprifia fikv Kai Satpov OnJJv. DeMOSTH. — " Every law 

is a gift and invention of the gods." 
Jldcriv yap tv ippovovcri avfifxaxtX '''vxV' — " Good fortune ever fights on 

the side of prudence." Fragment of an ancient Greek poet. 

See Audentes fortuna, &c. 
Iltt0a» ^^kv yap ovtiap, tpig 5' tptv dvTKpvTniH. Phocylides. — " Con- 
ciliation is profitable, but strife begets strife." 
ITevi;^ Ttfv yvvalKa TrXovaiav Xa/3a>i/, t^ft ^ka-KQivav, ov yvvaXK tri. — "A 

poor man who takes a rich wife has a ruler, not a wife." The 

words of Alexandrides, as quoted by Stoba^us. 
Ileipa) TvxvQ dyvoiav evxipt^^Q (^^ptiv. Prov. — " Endeavour to bear the 

ignorance of fortune with patience." 

n^/xa KUKOg yeiTwv, oaaov t dyaObg fiky bvHap. HeSIOD. — "A bad 

neighbour is as great an evil as a good one is a blessing." 

IliOTtt xpi7ftar' bXtaoa, awtrrTiy 5' Icrduaa. TheOGN. — " By trusting I 
lost money, and by distrusting I saved it." 

nXdvi; /3/ov TiBtifTi aw<ppov£(TTtpov. Prov. — " Travelling renders life 
more modest." Those who have travelled are less likely to be 
conceited than those who have never left their own country. 
" Home-keeping youth hath ever homely wits." Shakspeare. 

TlXovTi^ 8' dptTi) Kai Kv8og otttiSh. Hesiod. — " Virtue and glory at- 
tend upon wealth." See it genus, &c. 

nXourof 6 Trjg \l/vxrig TrXovTog fxnvog iariv dXnOrjg. — " The wealth of the 

mind is the only true wealth." 

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noXXa fisraKn TTsXa KvXtKOQ Kai xf.'Xeoc dfrpou. Prov.-^^^ Many thincrg 
happen between the cup and the hp," or, as we say, " There% 

S^&c *''' ^^'^ """"P ^""^ ^^^ ^'P'" ^^^ ^^"^^« ^"- 

HoXXai ^jv Gvljroic yXJ^r^ai, ^c'a 5' a0avarot(r»/.— " The inhabitants 
ot earth have many tongues, those of heaven but one." A trans- 
lation of 3fultai terricoUs, &c., which see. 
YiokXcLKi Kanvunafra TrSXig kukov dvdp6g liravpiT. HesIOD.— " Full oft 

does a whole city sutler from one bad man." 
noXXa« Kai KniTiopoQ dv^ fidXa Kaipiov drnv.—^^ Full oft has even 

1.^ n".T' """"^ '^'^^^'' '^^''>' "'"•'^ ^° ^^^ purpose." Otherwise 
reaa, UoWaict roc kuI fiu^pbg dvijp KaraKalpiov ilwe, ''Often has a 
fool spoken to the purpose." 

"t^.'!f/*' *'^°t^ .^'?X«>'"v, yvvn ydp d. EuRiP.-" You can discover 
many a contrivance, for you are a woman." 

"demo's™ <P-)f-^rdyaed rov Krr^.a.Oa. xaXen^repov d.cn. 
i;EMO.,THENLS.-« It often seems more difficult to preserve a 
blessing than to obtain it." i^icscrve a 

noXXa^if, (i rfoXvj&ac/if, rd ;,;) KaXd KaXd ^^^avrat. THEOCRmiS.- 
Ut en, O Polyphemus, does that which is not fair appear fair 
(in the eyes of love)." See Decipitfrons, &c. 

. Amatorem quod amicce 

Turpia dectpimit ccecum vitia, aut etiam ipsa hcec 
Delectant ; veluti Balbinum polypus Hagnce. HoR 

UoXXolSk TToXXoi^c vHr}<Tav yStj Kai idaoraQ Kal TroXug, ij<f <5v avXr,9ivrwv 
ra fisyiara KaKa tTraOov. Xenophon.— " Many a one before now 
has been the making of both persons and cities, from whom 
when they have waxed strong, he has received the greatest of 
mjunes. ° 

noXXoi 0p,o/36Xo(, rravpoi dk re ^dvuic dv^pig.—" There are many 

soothsayers, but few prophets." ^ 

UoXXol txaBtiral Kpiirrov^Q SidacTKaXiov.—" Many scholars are better 

than their teachers." Quoted by Cicero from an unknown poet. 
UoXXoi TpaKs^tjg ovK aXriedag, piXou Prov.—*^ Many are friends of 

the table, not of truth." 
UoXX^roi rrXkovaQ Xtfxov Kopog wXttrtv dvSpag. TheoGNIS.— « Satiety 

has killed far more than famine." See Plures crapula, &c 
UoXXi^v t, yXuiTTa nporp^x^i r^t diavoiag. ISOCR.— " In many the 

tongue outruns the discretion." 
UoXid xp6vov firjvvmg, ov (ppovyjanog. Prov.—" White hairs are a 

proof of age, not of wisdom." => -in. a 

noXXCJv larpiSu thoSog p' dirwXtfftp. Prov.— "The visits of many 

physicians have destroyed me." An Epitaph. 
nofi<p6Xv^ 6 dvOpuiTTog. Prov.~" Man is a bubble." 
^P^m0^2 yri ji,rd Td Trpay^ara.— « He is quite a Prometheus, 

after the matter is over." Said of a person who is for shuttincr 

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the door when the steed is stolen. Cited by Lucian from some 

comic poet. 
TlpoirkTua -KoXXdig itrrlv alria kukuiv. — "Precipitation is the cause 

of misfortune to many." 
UpuJTOv dyaObv dvafiapria, dtVTtpov Sk aiax^vrf. DeMADES. — " The 

first of all virtues is Innocence, Modesty the second." 
UTb>xov Trr)pa ov TrifXTrXarai. — " The beggar's pouch is never filled. 
Uvp aiCr]pi^ ixrj oKaXtvuv. Prov. — " Stir not the fire with a sword." 

See I(/ne?n ne, &c. Do not provoke an angry man ; do not make 

bad worse. 



P. 



'Pfov (5iov KyCi dv yvvalKa fiij Tptcpyg. Prov. — " You will pass your 
Hfe more easily if you have not to maintain a wife." 

'Pdarov aTrdvTOJV iariu avrbv l^airaTrjcrai' 6 ydp ^ovXtTai, Toiff sKaffTog 
Kai ouTai. Demosth. — " It is the easiest thing in the world for a 
man to deceive himself, for whatever he wishes, that he thinks." 
" The wish is father to the thought," Facile hotnines quod vohmty 
credunt. C^s. 

'l*kyxti rrapovffrfg Trjg rvxVQ fd Trpdyfiara. Prov. — "Affairs sleep 
soundly when fortune is present." Akin to our sajing, " Get a 
good name and go to sleep." 

'PijfjLa napd Kaipbv prjOtv dvurpsTrei (iiov. Prov. — " A word unseason- 
bly spoken may mar the course of a whole life." 



S. 



'S.Ki]vri irdg 6 jS/og, Kai waiyviov' rj fidOe 7ra/^€tv, 
T»)v (TTTou^jyv fXiTaOiig^ r; <pspt rdg odvvag. 

" Life is a stage, a play : so learn thy part, 
All cares removed, or rend with griefs thy heart." 
From the Greek Anthology. 

^Kiofiaxia. — " A fighting with shadows." Much ado about nothing. 

^KXrjpov (Toi wpbg Ksvrpa XaKTi^ttv. — " It is hard for thee to kick 
against the pricks." See Acts xxvi. 14. This was a current 
proverb before it was applied by our Lord to St. Paul. It bears 
reference to the pointed goads with which oxen were driven. See 
Si stimulos^Scc. 

2oXot(ct(T/i6c. — " A solecism." This, though a single word, was a pro- 
verbial expression among the Athenians. The people of Soli, a 
city of CiUcia, were originally a colony from Athens, but in pro- 
cess of time lost the Attic purity of speech and became noted for 
the corruptness of their dialect. Hence a grammatical im- 



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20*— TA. 



propriety came to be called a " Solecism." The story is some- 
times told with reference to the people of Soli in C}T)rus. 

^OipTJv Sk fjLiaut. Mi) ydp tv y ifiolc Sofioig 

E'lr) 6povov(Ta irXilov, rj yvvaiKa XPV^. EuKIPIDES. 

--" 1 hate a learned woman. May there be no woman in my 

house who knows more than a woman ought to know." 

^irevSe (ipaStwc. Prov. — The same as Festma lente ; a favourite 
saying of Augustus Caesar. 

^T-ty/") XPOvov Trag 6 ^iog 1<jti. Zyv cat ow vapaKrjv TrpoffrfKU. PLU- 
TARCH.—" The whole of Ufe is but a moment of time. It behoves 
us then to live and not to miss the object of life." 

2ro>a loiKe Ta<pt^, o(fa yap av \d(3oi to ffTOfia Sia<f>9eipei kqI AvXarra. 
Artemidorus.— " The mouth of man is hke the tomb, for what> 
ever it receives it destroys and keeps close within." 

^TvXog ydp oiKov waUig tiaiv appiviQ. Prov. — " Male children are the 
pillar of a house." 

"ZvK'ivrt fidxatpa. Prov.—-" A sword made of the fig-tree." A wooden 

..'ord. In reference to frivolous arguments, which may easily 

be refuted. "^ 

2u/i/3oi;Xoc ovSeii Iffri /3tXriwv xp^vov. Prov. — " There is no better 
counsellor than time." 

Ivviidbc dyaOdv ipiKti trappriautltoBai. Pausanias.— « A good con- 
science is wont to speak out." 

'S.vvTpi^g TTpoTjyHTai vySpif.— « Insoleucc is a prelude to destruction '* 
A proverb quoted by Gregory Nazianzen. " Pride goeth before 
a tail. 

I,oifiara iroWd rpeipfiv, Kai SiOftara ttoXX^ dvtyeipuVf 
ArpaTTog tig invirjv itrriv erotfiOTarti. 

—"To feed many persons and to build many houses is the 
readiest way to poverty." 

T. 

TdSdviia SovXovc rovg IXivBepovg noui. Pror.—" Debts turn freemen 
into slaves." 

Td dk pot iraOrjpara, ISvra axaptra, na9ripara ytyove. HeroDOT.— 
" My misfortunes, disagreeable as they were, have proved a les- 
son to me." The words of CrcBsus to Cyrus. See Uaerjpara, &c. 

Td Seivd KspSij Trrjfxovdc Ipyd^irai. SoPHOCLES, Anti(/. 326 " 111- 

gotten gains are productive of evil." Otherwise read, Td SaXd 
KspSt), &c.— « Mean gains," &c. See M,) card Kipdaivdv, &c. 

Ta fiiyaXa twv irpaypdrutv, peydXtov Sdrai xaraffKevuiv. HeliodoR. 

" Great undertakings require great preparations." 

Td TToXXd Tov TToXspov, yviopjf Kai xpnfidrutv iripiovmg. Kparovvrai. 
IHUCYD.— "Most things m war depend for success on counsel 
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Td oKXripd paXQaKiiSg Xeynv. — " To say harsh things in soothing lan- 
guage." To use the language of euphemism. 
Td xpi7/*«^' dv0p<*>7roi(Ti TipKorara, 

Avvapiv TB TrXeiffTtjv tCjv iv dv9p<bTroig ^x^^' EURIPIDES. 

— " Wealth is of all things the most esteemed by men, and has 

the greatest power of all things in the world." 
Tag ydp Ik 

Gewv dvdyKag, Ovrjrbv ovra StX (pipeiv. EURIPIDES. 

— " For he who is mortal must put up with the fate imposed by 

the gods." See 'Akov<tov &c. 
TavTopaTov t'lpdv KaXXiu) PovXsvirai. Prov. — " Chance (often) con- 
trives better than we ourselves." 
TeXoc ^pdv pdxpov (iiov. — " To see the end of a long life." The wish 

of Chilon, one of the Seven Wise Men of Greece. 
Tirrapac SaKTvXovg Gdvarov oi TrXkovreg dnexov^iv. — " Those who 

go to sea are only four inches from death." A saying of Ana- 

charsis, the Scythian philosopher. 

I nunc et ventis animam committe, dolato va 

Conjisus ligno, digitis a morte remotus 
Quatuor, aut septem, si sit latissima tceda. Juv. 
Ty ^apt hi (TTTjipttv, dXXd prj oX(p ra» OvXdKtf). Prov. — " We must 

sow with the hand and not with tne whole sack." • 

TtjXov vaiovTtg <piXoi ovk thi ipiXoi. Prov. — " Friends who live at a 

distance are not friends." " Seldom seen, soon forgotten." 
Tj;»/ ydp 'AttoXXwv 

AptpoTfpov pdvTiv T dyaObv cat aviarov tOrfXi. TrYPHIODORUS. 

— " For Apollo had made her to be a true prophetess, and yet not 

to be believed." Said of Cassandra. 
Trjv Sk pdXiara yapeXv, ijTig ffkOiv eyyvOi vdin. HesIOD. — " Marry a 

woman who lives near you, in preference to others." One with 

whose mind you are acquainted. 
Ti)v rrapioixrav dptXyi, ri tov (ftivyovra StwKeig. TheOCR. — " Milk 

the cow that is at nand ; why pursue the one that flies ?" "A 

bird in the hand," &c. 
Trjg XavOavovffijg povaiKijg oifidg Xoyog. Prov. — " Music not heard is 

held in no esteem." Suetonius translates it " Occulta musicoB 

nuUus est respectus." See Paulum sepultee, &c. 
i-ijg aijg Xarpiiag r»)v Iprjv SvoTrpaliav 

^a<pwg tTriaTua, ovk uv dXXd^aip^ lyto. ^SCHYLUS. 

— " Know for certain, that 1 would not change my suffenngs 

for your servitude." The words of Prometheus to Mercury. 
Tijgtftvfftuig ypapparivg ^v, rbv KaXapov d7ro/3p£x<^v tig vovv. — " He was 

the interpreter of nature, dipping his pen in his mind." 
Tt ydp dv pti^ov rovS' knl Ovarolg 

TlaObg t^tvpotg, 

*H TiKva OavovT IffiikaQat. EURIPIDES. 



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— « What greater affliction can vou find among mankind, than 

to look upon one's dead children ? " 
Tt Sk Kai i(TTtv oXwc TO diifivrjffTov ; oXov kivov. AnTONINUS. — " And 

yet after all what is posthumous fame ? Altogether vanity." 
" What is the end of fame ? Tis but to fill 
A certain portion of uncertain paper." Byron. 

It Kotvbv^Kvvi Kai /3a\av«tV.— " What has a dog to do with a bath ? " 
It ru0\y Kai KaTOTTTptf). Prov.^'' What has a blind man to do 

with a mirror ? " What have people to do with that which 

they cannot use ? 

To apyi/piov IffTiv alfxa Kai yj/t^xV /SporoTf. AnTIPHANES.— " Money is 

the very blood and Hfe of mortals." 
To ydp KaKiag iXevQipov, Kai viro<popa(T9ai Kaxtav apyoTtpov. GrEG. 

N.\z.— " He who is free from vice himself is the slower to suspect 

vice in others." 

To ydp <nrdviovTifitov,Tb Sk vSwp ivuvSrarov dpiarov bv, utg t(pn UivSapoQ. 
Plato.—" That which is rare is dear, but water is to be had at 
the cheapest rate, though it is, as Pindar said, the best of all 
things." 

Tb yap Tpk(pov /if, TovT iyu) Kpivio 0t6v. Prov.—'' That which main- 
tains me I regard as a god." 

To ydpJ/evdigJpdSos ov TrtpaiTspu, Ttjg dKofJQ dtpiKvt'iTat. ^SCHINES. 
— " An undeserved reproach goes no farther than the ears." 

Td KaXov.—*' What is handsome." The noble and beautiful. 

To o\ov. — " The whole." 

To fxnSkv ilKTj, travraxov Vrt ypv^rtnov. Prov.—" The admonition, 
* nothing rashly,' is everywhere useful." 

To fikv d\ij9kQ niKpSv l(TTt Kai dr]8ks roXg dvor^Totg- to Sk yPtvSog yXvKV Kai 
TrpotrrivsQ. Dio Chrysost.— " The truth is bitter and disagree- 
able to fools ; while falsehood is sweet and soothing." 

Tb^nkv TiXtvTijffai, Trdvrutv r/ TTtirpionsvi] KaTiKpive, rb Sk KaXiog diroOavelv 
iSiov roic airovdaioig. IsocRATES.— -" To die Fate has appointed 
to all, but to die honourably is peculiar to the good," 

To flJJ TTKTTeVtlV T07g TTOVTJpolg a(jJ<l>p0V6(TTtp0V TOV TTpOTTiaTlVOaVTug KOTTJ- 

yopCiv. Dion. Halic— " It is more prudent not to trust tho 

wicked than to trust them first and then censure them." 
To irpknov. — " What is becoming, or decorous." 
To ye XoiSopfjaai eeolg, Ix^pd ero^ta. PiNDAR.—" To reproach the gods 

is wisdom misapplied." 
Tocf Si KOKutg pk^affi SiKtig TsXog ovxl xpoviffrbv. OrpheUS. — " Justice 

is not long in overtaking those who do ill." See Earo antece- 

dentem, &c. 

Tote (TiTov d-n-opovai (nrovSd^ovTat oi opo/3ot. Prov. — " Chick-peas are 

sought after by those who have no corn." 
ToTc Toi SiKoioig xv l^pax^s vik^ fisyav. SoPH. — " Where the cause 

is jast even the small conquers the great." 



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Tbv Sk aTTOixoptvov nvrifiy rt/iarc, firj MKpvffiv. DiO ChRYSOSTOM. 
— " Him who is dead and gone, honour with your remembrance, 
not with your tears." 
Tor KoXotpwva tTrkOrjKev. Prov.—" He has put the Colophon to it." 
The cavalry of the city of Colophon in Asia Minor was so excel- 
lent, that it was thought to assure the victory to the side on which 
it fought. Hence this proverb, according to most authorities, is 
similar in meaning to our saying, " He has put a clincher to it." 
But the Scholiast on the Theaetetus of Plato gives a diflferent 
explanation ; he says, that in the council of the twelve Ionian 
cities, Colophon had the casting vote, whence the proverb. In 
the early periods of printing, before the introduction of title 
pages, the designation was applied to the final paragraph of a 
volume, which generally contained the printer's name, date, &c. 

Tort ydp xpVj «f^>' ddijXov y rb fisXXov, aipiiaBai Kivdvvtveiv, orav to tj)v 
t)(Tvxt.av dytiv <pavtpiog x^^^pov y. AristIDES the Rhetorician. — 
" When it is clear that to live in peace is the less desirable 
course, we must make up our minds to face danger, however un- 
certain the result may be." 

Tou dpidTivuv fvfKa. — " In order to excel." A punning motto at- 
tached to the crest of Lord Henniker. 

Toy d' drrb yXu}a<Tr}g fxeXiTog yXvKioJV pUv avSr}. HoMER. — " Words 
flowed from his tongue sweeter than honey." Said of the elo- 
quence of Nestor. 

Toy ydp Kai ykvog hfifv. — "For we are also his oflfepring.'* 

Quoted by St. Paul in his address to the Athenians, Acts xvii. 
28, as being the words of " certain of their poets." 

Tovr kv yj/vxy Xoyoi, orrep KdXXog kv awfinTi. AriSTIDES t?ie Rheto- 
7'ician. — " Language is to the mind what beauty is to the body." 

TpKTKaiStKarrrjxvQ- — " A thirteen-cubit-high man." " A long-lubber- 
gawky," as Polwhele translates it. 

Tvpavvog Tvpdvvtf) (TvyKaTtpyd^iTai. Herodot. — " One tyrant helps 
another." " Fellow-feeling makes us wondrous kind." 

Tv^i? 5' dp6Tfjg dvaiTiog. Synes. — " Fortune is not the cause of 
worth." Worth is independent of fortune. 

Ta)i/ dvOpiuTTtov 01 TTovi/poi ivipyiTOVfitvot fidXXotXv ddiKiiv irapo^vvovrai. 
Planudes. — " Wicked men, when benefited, are the more en- 
couraged to do wrong." 

Ta>v ydp nevfiTuiv datv ol Xoyot rivot. Prov, — " Poor men's words 
have little weight." 

Tail/ evTvxovvTwv iravTeg «iVi avyyivtig. Prov. — "All persons claim 
relationship with the fortunate." 

Tdv TTOVijpCJv ffTTtppdTLJV dlia rd yfwpyia. NiCEPHORUS GrEOORAS. — 

" The produce of bad seed is worthy of it" See Mala gallina, &c., 
KaKov KopaKog^ &C. 
Twv TTOvutv TTutXovffiv ri[uv -ndvT dyaBd Qioi. EfICHARM. — " The gods 

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sell us all good things for labour." See Nil sine magno, &c. 
TiJQ S' dpirrjg iSpwra 9toi TrpoirdpoiOtv iOijKav. — HesIOD. 
T(Sv (uroiv fx<t* Tov \vKov, ovt ix^iv, ovt dipfXvai Swdftai, Prov, — " I 
have got a wolf by the ears, I can neither hold him nor let go." 
See Auribus teneo, &c. 

Y. 

"Yipav rifivHQ. — " You are wounding a Hydra." A monstrous snake, 
which, as soon as Hercules cut off one of its eight heads, re- 
ceived two others in its place. 

'Yyiiia kuI vovq la9\d Tt^ (3i(f) Svo. Prov. — " Health and under- 
standing are the two great blessings of life." 

Y^rvoc "rd fiiKpd tov Qavdrov fjivffTrjpia. Prov. — " Sleep is the lesser 
mysteries of death." Sleep is to death what the lesser Eleusinian 
mysteries were to the greater. 

Yiro TTavTi Xi0y (TKopTrcoc ivSei. Prov. — "Beneath every stone a 
scorpion sleeps." It was commonly used, according to Erasmas, 
in reference to captious and envious persons, who were ready to 
find fault with everything said or done to them ; sometimes with 
reference to hidden dangers : Latet aufjuis in lierhd, 
"YffTioov irponpov' — See Hysteron proteron. 

'^ytojtiv Kai iriuifitv' avpiov yap diroBprfffKOfitv. — "Let US eat and 
drink, for to-morrow we die." The doctrine of the Epicureans 
and others who did not believe in the resurrection, as stated by 
St. Paul, 1 Cor. xv. 32. 

'Pavrjcrofiai aoi, &C. See 'Q^ivcv opog, &C. 

<l»«t^«o tQv KTidvwv. — " Husband thy resources." 

'^rtfXTi yap rt »raici/ TrsXtrar kov^t) fikv dtipai 

Ptia fid\\ dpyaXiri Sk ^pav HesIOD. 

—"There is evil (as well as good) report; it is very hght and' 
easy to lift, but very difficult to carry." 

^Ofipovffiv fjOri xpr)a9'' ofiiXiat Kaxai. Menan. — "Evil communica- 
tions corrupt good manners." Quoted as a precept by St. Paul, 
1 Cor. XV. 33. See Corrumpunt bonos, &c. 

^Qov'uoQai Kpkffoov lariv fi oUrtiptaQai. HerodoT. — " It is better to 
be envied than pitied." 

^i\oQ fxf /3Xd7rrwv, ovSkv Ix^pov Siatpfpii. Prov. — " A friend who in- 
jures me (by injudicious conduct) is not unlike an enemy." 

«^o/3ov rb yijpaQ, ov ydp tpxtrai fiopov. Prov. — " Dread old age, for 
it does not come alone." 

^pkara dvrXovfiiva (^Xriij ylvtrai. BasiL. — " Drawn wells have the 
sweetest water." The intellect is improved by use. 



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^poveiv ydp o'l rax«Tc, ovk datpaXtlg. SoPHOCLES.— " Those who 'are 

quick to decide are unsafe." 
^viTai fikv IK Twv TvxovTdiv iToXXaKiQ rd fikyitTTa Twv TTpayfiaTuv. 

PoLYB.— " The greatest events often arise from accidents." 
^virai SKiroXvopKiag \ptvSopKia kuI dak(3ua. PhILO JUDiEUS. — " From 

a habit of taking oaths arise perjury and impiety." 



X. 

XaXfTrd rd KaXd. Prov.—" What is good is difficult." A rebuke 
addressed by Plato to the Sophists of Athens, who pretended to 
show to their youthful disciples a short cut or royal road to wis- 
dom and learning. 

XapiiVTiafiOQ Trac tv airov^y Kal kukoXq yivofitvoc dwpov irpdyfia Kai 
7roXefnu)raTov tXs(i,. IsocRATES.— « All affectation of gracefulness 
m serious matters or in adversity is altogether unseasonable and 
most adverse to compassion." 

Xdpec dfiSTafiEXrjTOQ. Theophrastus.— « Graciousness knows no re- 
pentance." " Good deeds are never ill-bestowed." 

Xdpiq xdpiv tIktu. Sophocl.— « Grace begets grace." So our pro- 
verb, " One good turn asks another." 

Xelp x<«pa viirrei, SaKTvXoQ re SaKTvXov. Prov. — "Hand washes 
hand, and finger fing-er." Men must assist each other. 

Ktipujv SeX T(p TToXfutf), Kal ovk dvofidrwv ttoXXwv. SynES. — " We want 
hands in war, and not many names." 

XtXidwv lap ov TToiei. Aristot.— " One swallow does not make a 
spring." 

XprjfiaT dvrip. PiNDAR.— « Money makes the man." 

Xpi'ifiaTa ydp xj^vxTj TrsXerai StiXolai (3poToX<Ti. HesIOD. — "With US 

wretched mortals money is Hfe." 
Xpovq) rd Tcavra yiyvtrai Kai Kpiverat. Prov. — "By time evervthinff 

is done and judged." 
Xpydoc 6 dipavrje rvpavvog. Greg. Naz.— "Gold is an unseen t\Tant." 
XwpiQ vytiiac a/3t'oc /3t'oc, /3«oc d(3ia>Tog.—'' Without health life 'is not 

life, life is lifeless." A saying of Ariphron the Sicyonian. 

"^vxnQ larpttov.— " A repository of medicine for the mind." Said 
of a library. 

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Q /x»; flf rat 6 avrog lanv del rov (3iov okottoq, ovrog tig Kai 6 avroQ h 
oXov TOV ^iov ilvai ov Svvarai, ANTONINUS. — " He who does not 



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keep one and the same object in view through life, cannot be one 
and the same pei*son throughout hfe." 

'Q oXiyov ovx iKavov, dWd rovrt^t ye ovSkv iKavov. — " Nothing will con- 
tent him who is not content with a little." A saying of the 
philosopher Epicurus, quoted by ^lian. 

'QSivtv opoc, Zftc t0o/3aro, rb d' trtKtv fivv. — " The mountain was 
in labour, and Jove was in dread — but it was dehvered of a 
mouse." Atheneeus tells us that these were the words of Tachos, 
king of Egypt, on first seeing his ally, Agesilaus, who was of 
diminutive stature. The reply of the Spartan was, ^avnaoixai aoi 
TTOTs Kai X«(uv, " Some day I shall appear in your eyes a lion." 
See Parturiunt monies^ &c. 

'Qq ijH Tov ffioOBVTa fi(fivi]<T9ai irovov. EuRlPlDES. — " How pleasant 
it is for him who has been preserved to remember his toil ! " 
Dulce est nieminisse lahorum actorum, 

Qf ^tfcpd rd (T0aX\ovra, koi /xi' t)fispa 
Td fiiv KaOnXtv u-^oOtv, rd d' »}p' dvw. EuRIPIDES. 
— " How small things overthrow us ! even a single day levels 
what is exalted, and raises aloft what lies low." 

'Qf ovSkv n ^d9rf(riQt dv firj vovq Trapy. Prov. — " How vain is learn- 
ing, unless understanding be united with it ! " 

'Qf rptg KuKoSaifnuv, ckttic (ov TrevijQ yafiii. Prov. — " How thrice- 
WTetched is he who marries when he is poor ! 

"QoiTip oi iarpoi dil rd opyava Kai mSrjpia Trpo^fp" ixovoi Trpbg rd 
ai<pvidia tCjv dipaTrevfidrtov, ovtu) rd SoyfiaTa ov 'irotfia i^i. ANTO- 
NINUS. — " As surgeons always have tneir implements and instru- 
ments at hand for an operation on an emergency, so do you have 
your precepts in readiness." 



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